System and method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas

Abstract

System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions comprises a moitoring unit (10) which is arranged to acquire greenhouse gas emission data from data sources (11), a reporting unit (20) which is arranged to obtain the data from the monitoring unit (10) and store the data in a blockchain characterized in that further comprises a verification unit (30) which is arranged to verify the data stored in the reporting unit (20) by blockchain acting as a third-party verifier to verify greenhouse gas emission.

Description

[0001] SPECIFICATION

[0002] TITLE

[0003] System and method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions

[0004] TECHNOLOGY FIELD

[0005] Computer technology particularly to system and method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification greenhouse gas emissions

[0006] BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0007] Global warming and climate change are global threats that make the economy and living conditions of people in all regions more difficult. This is caused by human economic activities and consumption that continuously release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. To alleviate this problem, the international community has agreed on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) to reduce greenhouse gases. It aims to control the global atmosphere temperature not to exceed 2 degrees Celsius or have a carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere not exceeding 450 parts per million compared to the pre-industrial era in the 18th century. This goal is likely to lead to the setting of national greenhouse gas emission reduction or limitation targets. In 2021, it was the beginning of measures to monitor, report and verify greenhouse gas emissions at all levels, especially at the organizational level, known as carbon footprint. This promotes stakeholders to participate by measuring, reporting, and verifying results and setting guidelines to reduce greenhouse gases at their major sources.

[0008] According to the documents of the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), which is the agency responsible for greenhouse gas certification and has measures in place to measure, report, and verify greenhouse gas emissions, it consists of requirements for designing, developing, managing, reporting, and auditing greenhouse gas inventories of organizations, including examples based on the type of organization, such as offices, educational institutions, and industrial plants. This is intended to be a guideline for assessing greenhouse gas emissions that covers all activities of each type of organization that actually occur within the country. However, the current implementation is still in the form of documents and relies on presentations to stakeholders to verify the results in the form of documents. This has the disadvantage of being error-prone, inaccurate, non- transparent, and not in accordance with international standards, as well as having high implementation costs.

[0009] Blockchain is a technology used to store and record data in the form of blocks that are connected in chain, resulting in a blockchain network. It has special characteristics in terms of decentralization, transparency, non-tampering, and trustworthiness.

[0010] US patent application No. US20190057396A1 discloses a carbon credit trading system that utilizes blockchain technology for data recording and storage to enhance the accuracy and transparency of carbon emission data. However, this patent application fails to elaborate on the verification mechanism employed by the third-party verifier in validating greenhouse gas emissions as per the measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) process. Additionally, it remains silent on the specific blockchain architecture employed, as the choice of blockchain framework significantly impacts data storage and processing capabilities.

[0011] The operation of blockchain is governed by a consensus algorithm, which is a process by nodes in a blockchain network agree on which data and transactions are valid and will be accepted into the blockchain, ensuring a trusted relationship. Common consensus algorithms used in general applications such as Proof of Work which has the following advantages in high security and hard to manipulation. It is mainly used in the Bitcoin blockchain, but it has disadvantage of using a lot of energy, causing power consumption issues and transaction latency, Proof of Stake which has advantage of using less energy but there is a downside. Those with more bitcoins will have more influence and make the network in a way that will be centralized.

[0012] Therefore, there is an attempt to invent the selection of types of blockchain to be used that are suitable for monitoring, reporting, and verifying the results of greenhouse gas emissions that are accurate according to standards and have the ability to organize for good data collection and data processing.

[0013] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0014] System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions comprises a monitoring unit (10) which is arranged to acquire greenhouse gas emission data from data sources (11), a reporting unit (20) which is arranged to obtain the data from the monitoring unit (10) and store the data in a blockchain characterized in that further comprises a verification unit (30) which is arranged to verify the data stored in the reporting unit (20) by blockchain acting as a third-party verifier to verify greenhouse gas emission.

[0015] The present invention aims to develop the currently paper-based measurement, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions into a digital and real-time format using block technology. Chain comes to help make it transparent, increase accuracy It is accurate according to international principles, has low costs, and can replace external verifiers in the process.

[0016] Another aim of this invention is The Proof of History blockchain format has been chosen, which is a blockchain format that saves energy and reduces block creation time. This results in the ability to collect and process data from multiple sources simultaneously in real time. Leads to the processing of big data (Big data).

[0017] BREIF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0018] Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the system according to the present invention.

[0019] Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the method according to the present invention.

[0020] DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions comprises a monitoring unit (10) and a reporting unit (20) characterized in that further comprises a verification unit (30).

[0022] The monitoring unit (10) is arranged to acquire greenhouse gas emission data from data sources (11) by acquiring data from any one or combination of the following data sources: the data source from documents which are read by optical character recognition (OCR) technology which is technique of machine learning to reduce steps and errors in storing in the system and avoid double counting problem; the data source from objects which are classified and identified by image classification and image identification with artificial intelligence and object recognition technology that are machine learning technique to sort and identify object for checking the amount of greenhouse gases; the data source from object measurement by augmented reality (AR) technology which is technology combination between reality and virtual world by creating simulation or virtual objects with information technology devices and performing color detection to check; the data source from importing data from Internet of Thing (loT) devices which are connected to track and measure activities that cause greenhouse gas emission; the data source from importing data from data sources via application programming interface (API); the data source from importing data from database which supports database types in both SQL and non-SQL format.

[0023] The reporting unit (20) is arranged to obtain the data from the monitoring unit (10) and store the data in a blockchain.

[0024] Blockchain is used to store the data is Proof of History blockchain which validates and verify transaction using historical data and by timestamp using Verifiable Delay Function (VDF), which is suitable for real-time tracking applications, low power consumption and low storage latency. This makes it possible to connect and store data from multiple data sources (11) simultaneously.

[0025] Another aspect Proof of History blockchain, the reporting unit (20) provides timestamp from the monitoring unit (10) in the order of the data storing and hashes in the order of the timestamp. This is a hash that is different from other type of block chain such as Proof of Work which hashes from work.

[0026] The reporting unit (20) is arranged to process the data to report greenhouse gas emission in accordance ISO 14064, greenhouse gas emission reporting. The reporting unit (20) processes the data and creates a report from any one or combination of these techniques: fraud protection by artificial intelligence to help filter the accuracy of the data, detect data abnormalities, and prevent manipulation that may occur from data received from the monitoring unit (10); self-organizing data mapping by deep learning to manage, classify and synthesize data in accordance with the standards for reporting greenhouse gas emission for both domestic and international standards. The verification units (30) is arranged to verify the data stored in the blockchain acting as third-party verifier to verify greenhouse gas emission in real-time.

[0027] The system for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions further comprises a converting unit (40) which is arranged to convert carbon credit resulting from the verification unit (30) into digital asset in the form of digital token for users. This token can be traded, exchanged, transferred, fractionalized, or burned.

[0028] The reporting unit (20) stores result in the blockchain and displays through application and dashboard via Web 3.0 technology according to user needs and the result can be sent to third party via application programming interface (API) to provide flexibility for commercial use. The result is plug-in feature for operating system that the user normally uses without interfering with the system operation.

[0029] Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions comprises monitoring step (100), reporting step (200) characterized in that further comprises verification step (300).

[0030] The monitoring step (100) acquires greenhouse gas emission data from the data source. The data is acquired from data sources from the data sources (11) as mentioned above.

[0031] The reporting step (200) obtains the data from the monitoring step (100) which is obtained from various data sources and stores data in a blockchain.

[0032] The suitable type of blockchain is Proof of History which has Verifiable Delay Function (VDF) and hashes in the order of the timestamp as mentioned above.

[0033] The reporting step (200) processes the data and creates a report from any one or combination of these techniques: fraud protection and self-organizing data mapping as mentioned above.

[0034] The verification step (300) verifies the data stored in the blockchain by setting up validating node of smart contract in the blockchain acting as third-party verifier to verify greenhouse gas emission.

[0035] The reporting step (200) stores result in the blockchain and displays through application and dashboard via Web 3.0 technology according to user needs and the result can be sent to third party via application programming interface (API) to provide flexibility for commercial use. The result is plug- in feature for operating system that the user normally uses without interfering with the system operation.

[0036] BEST MODE OF THE INVENTION

[0037] Best mode of the invention is as described in the detailed description.

Claims

Claim1. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions comprising: a monitoring unit (10) which is arranged to acquire greenhouse gas emission data from data sources (11) a reporting unit (20) which is arranged to obtain the data from the monitoring unit (10) and store the data in a blockchain characterized in that further comprising a verification unit (30) which is arranged to verify the data stored in the reporting unit (20) by blockchain acting as a third-party verifier to verify greenhouse gas emission.

2. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1 , wherein the blockchain used to store the data is Proof of History blockchain which validates and verifies transaction using historical data.

3. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1 , wherein the blockchain used to store the data has timestamp using Verifiable Delay Function (VDF).

4. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1 , wherein the reporting unit (20) provides timestamp in the order of the data storing and hashes in the order of the timestamp.

5. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1 , wherein the verification unit (30) verifies by setting up validating node of smart contract in the blockchain.

6. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring unit (10) acquires data from any one or combination of the following data sources (11): documents which are read by optical character recognition (OCR) technology; objects which are classified and identified by image classification and image identification; object measurement by augmented reality (AR) technology; importing data from Internet of Thing (loT) devices; importing data from data sources via application programming interface (API);importing data from database.

7. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 6, wherein the objects which are classified and identified are done by artificial intelligence and object recognition technology from machine learning technique.

8. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1 , wherein the reporting unit (20) processes the data and creates a report from any one or combination of these techniques: fraud protection by artificial intelligence; self-organizing data mapping by deep learning.

9. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1 , further comprising a converting unit (40) which is arranged to convert carbon credit resulting from the verification unit (30) into digital asset in the form of digital token.

10. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 9, wherein the reporting unit (20) stores result in the blockchain and displays through application and dashboard via Web 3.0 technology.

11. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 9, wherein the result is sent to third party via application programming interface (API).

12. System for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 9, wherein the result is plug-in feature for operating system.

13. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions comprising: monitoring step (100) which acquires greenhouse gas emission data from data sources reporting step (200) which obtains the data from the monitoring step (100) and stores the data in a blockchain characterized in that further comprising verification step (300) which verifies the data stored in the reporting step (200) by blockchain acting as a third-party verifier to verify greenhouse gas emission.

14. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 13, wherein the blockchain used to store the data is Proof of History blockchain which validates and verifies transaction using historical data.

15. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 13, wherein the blockchain used to store the data has timestamp using Verifiable Delay Function (VDF).

16. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 13, wherein the reporting step (200) provides timestamp in the order of the data storing and hashes in the order of the timestamp.

17. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 13, wherein the verification step (300) verifies by setting up validating node of smart contract in the blockchain.

18. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 13, wherein the monitoring step (100) acquires data from any one or combination of the following data sources (11): documents which are read by optical character recognition (OCR) technology; objects which are classified and identified by image classification and image identification; object measurement by augmented reality (AR) technology; importing data from Internet of Thing (loT) devices; importing data from data sources via application programming interface (API); importing data from database.

19. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 18, wherein the objects which are classified and identified are done by artificial intelligence and object recognition technology from machine learning technique.

20. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 13, wherein the reporting step (200) processes the data and creates a report from any one or combination of these techniques: fraud protection by artificial intelligence; self-organizing data mapping by deep learning.

21. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 1 , further comprising converting step (400) converts carbon credit resulting from the verification step (300) into digital asset in the form of digital token.

22. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 9, wherein the reporting step (200) stores result in the blockchain and displays through application and dashboard via Web 3.0 technology.

23. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 9, wherein the result is sent to third party via application programming interface (API).

24. Method for real-time digital monitoring reporting verification of greenhouse gas emissions according to claim 9, wherein the result is plug-in feature for operating system.

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