The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) is working in partnership with state and territory governments to improve the NPI. Changes will be implemented over the next 2-3 years.
Key features
- Coding the equations (or emission factors) from the NPI emission estimation technique manuals into calculators to improve data quality and make it simpler for industry to estimate their emissions. The calculators will be incorporated into a web-based reporting system for ease of data submission. Reducing the time taken to report will result in major cost savings to industry. Prototypes have been well received by industry representatives.
- Building a web-based reporting system to simplify the process by which industry reports their emissions to the NPI, as well as provide improved validation. This, in turn, will feed into an enhanced jurisdictional database system allowing for more effective auditing of emissions data.
- Updating emission estimation technique manuals progressively to reflect changes in emission factors, as well as industrial processes.
- Redesigning the NPI web site to improve the database search functionality, update fact sheets, and provide additional contextual data.
- Varying the NPI National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) to make the programme more effective. More about the NPI NEPM variation
As a basis for the enhancements, the NPI has undertaken consultation with a diverse range of stakeholders from around Australia including:
- representatives from NPI reporting facilities
- consultants to NPI reporting facilities
- industry associations
- representatives from government departments and other programmes with synergies to the NPI
- primary and high school students and teachers, as well as students, researchers and academics from universities
- members of the general public and representatives of community groups and
- public forums have been held around Australia regarding the variation to the NPI NEPM.
Consultation will be ongoing and stakeholders will continue to be involved, such as through testing elements of the enhancements.
For more information regarding the enhancements email npi@environment.gov.au or phone 1800 657 945.
Updates on the progress of the enhancements will be posted on the NPI web site.
