JP7398174B1 - Information processing system, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an information processing system, method, and program that can support greenhouse gas reduction. [Solution] In an information processing system in which a management server is communicably connected to user terminals via a communication network, a management server 2 is configured to collect greenhouse gas emissions from a user who is an emitter of greenhouse gases. An emissions information acquisition unit 211 that acquires emissions information regarding emissions, an emissions information provision unit 212 that provides emissions information to providers that provide greenhouse gas reduction measures, and solution information regarding reduction measures from providers. The solution information acquisition unit 213 acquires the solution information, and the solution information provision unit 214 provides the solution information to the user. [Selection diagram] Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.

Solutions to reduce carbon dioxide are being introduced (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2015-219542

It is difficult to know what solutions are available.

The present invention was made in view of this background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technology that can support the reduction of greenhouse gases.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problems is an information processing system that acquires emissions information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by an emitter from a user of an emitter that emits greenhouse gases. an emissions information acquisition unit; an emissions information provision unit that provides the emissions information to a provider that provides the greenhouse gas reduction means; and a solution information acquisition unit that acquires solution information regarding the reduction means from the provider. and a solution information providing unit that provides the solution information to the user.

Other problems disclosed in the present application and methods for solving the problems will be made clear by the section of the embodiments of the invention and the drawings.

According to the present invention, it is possible to support the reduction of greenhouse gases.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a management server 2. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a software configuration of a management server 2. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating solution information provision processing. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating processing for managing the execution state of a reduction means.

<Summary of the invention>
The contents of the embodiments of the present invention will be listed and explained. The present invention includes, for example, the following configuration.
[Item 1]
an emissions information acquisition unit that acquires emissions information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by the emitter from a user who is an emitter that emits greenhouse gas;
an emissions information provision unit that provides the emissions information to a provider that provides the greenhouse gas reduction means;
a solution information acquisition unit that acquires solution information regarding the reduction means from the provider;
a solution information providing unit that provides the solution information to the user;
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 2]
The information processing system described in item 1,
comprising a provider storage unit that manages information that identifies the provider that provides the emission amount information in association with the emission entity;
The emissions information providing unit refers to the provider storage unit, obtains the provider corresponding to the emission entity that is the provider of the emissions information, and transmits the emissions information to the obtained provider. to provide
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 3]
The information processing system described in item 1,
the emissions information includes additional information related to activities related to the emissions;
An information processing system characterized by:
[Item 4]
The information processing system described in item 3,
comprising a provider storage unit that manages information that identifies the provider that provides the emission amount information in association with the emission entity;
The emissions information providing unit provides the emissions to the provider specified by referring to the provider storage unit;
An information processing system characterized by:
[Item 5]
The information processing system described in item 1,
an execution information acquisition unit that acquires execution information indicating the execution status of the reduction means by the emission entity;
an execution information providing unit that provides the execution information to the provider of the reduction means;
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 6]
The information processing system described in item 5,
an advice acquisition unit that receives advice information regarding the execution information from the provider;
an advice providing unit that transmits the advice information to the user who is the emitting entity;
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 7]
The information processing system described in item 1,
comprising a performance information storage unit that stores the amount of emissions;
The emissions information acquisition unit registers the first emissions before implementing the reduction means in the emissions storage unit;
The emissions information acquisition unit acquires the emissions information regarding the second emissions after the execution of the reduction means,
a reduction amount calculation unit that calculates the reduction amount of the greenhouse gas based on the first and second emissions;
a billing processing unit that charges the provider according to the reduction amount;
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 8]
The information processing system described in item 1,
The solution information includes cost information for determining the cost of the reduction means and reduction information for determining the amount of greenhouse gas reduction expected when the reduction means is adopted,
The solution information providing unit calculates a unit cost per unit reduction amount determined based on the reduction amount determined based on the reduction information and the cost determined based on the cost information, and calculates the unit cost per unit reduction amount determined based on the reduction amount determined based on the reduction information and the cost determined based on the cost information. proposing the solution information in the order of;
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 9]
acquiring emissions information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by the emitter from a user who is an emitter that emits greenhouse gas;
providing the emissions information to a provider of greenhouse gas reduction measures;
obtaining solution information regarding the reduction measure from the provider;
providing the solution information to the user;
An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer.
[Item 10]
acquiring emissions information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by the emitter from a user who is an emitter that emits greenhouse gas;
providing the emissions information to a provider of greenhouse gas reduction measures;
obtaining solution information regarding the reduction measure from the provider;
providing the solution information to the user;
A program that causes a computer to execute

<System overview>
An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The information processing system of this embodiment provides information regarding emission reduction means (also called solutions) to users who are the main emitters of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorocarbon gas, etc.). (hereinafter referred to as solution information). The user registers information regarding the emissions of the emitter, and receives a proposal from a solution provider for solution information that is appropriate for the emitter and provides it to the user.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to this embodiment. The information processing system of this embodiment is configured to include a management server 2. The management server 2 is communicably connected to the user terminal 1 via a communication network. The communication network is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication channel, Ethernet (registered trademark), and the like.

The user terminal 1 is a computer operated by a user. The user terminal 1 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like.

The management server 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

<Management server>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 2. As shown in FIG. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs, and is, for example, a hard disk drive, solid state drive, flash memory, or the like. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, and includes, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line network, and a wireless communication device for performing wireless communication. , a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector for serial communication, an RS232C connector, etc. The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, button, microphone, or the like for inputting data. The output device 206 outputs data, such as a display, printer, or speaker. Note that each functional unit of the management server 2, which will be described later, is realized by the CPU 201 reading a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it, and each storage unit of the management server 2 is implemented by the memory 202 and the storage device 203. It is realized as part of the storage area provided by.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server 2. As shown in FIG. The management server 2 includes an emissions information storage unit 231, a provider storage unit 232, a performance information storage unit 233, an emissions information acquisition unit 211, an emissions information provision unit 212, a solution information acquisition unit 213, It includes a solution information providing section 214, an execution information obtaining section 215, an execution information providing section 216, an advice obtaining section 217, an advice providing section 218, a reduction amount calculation section 219, and a billing processing section 220.

<Storage section>
The emissions information storage unit 231 stores information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by an emitter (hereinafter referred to as emissions information). The emission amount information can include aggregated values of emissions by emission entities. The emission amount information can include attributes of the emission entity. Attributes of the emitter can include the emitter's business, number of employees, region, etc. Further, the attributes of the emission entity can also include accounting information such as sales, purchase amount, and personnel expenses. The emissions information can include additional information related to emissions-related activities. The additional information can include, for example, the amount of activity (actual value, total value of the actual value, predicted value, etc.). Further, the additional information can include information for estimating the amount of activity. Information for estimating the amount of activity can include, for example, floor area, roof area, number of products that can be produced, and the like. In this embodiment, the emission amount information includes information for identifying the emission entity (for example, company ID), activity amount, additional information, and emission amount. The emissions and activity amounts can be aggregate values of emissions and activity amounts for a predetermined aggregation period (for example, year and month) and for each scope and category related to the GHG protocol. The additional information may have different setting items depending on the emission entity.

The provider storage unit 232 stores information (hereinafter referred to as provider information) including information that identifies a provider who can provide emission amount information for each emission entity. The provider information can include information that identifies the emitting entity (eg, company ID) and information that identifies the provider (eg, provider ID). Further, it is also possible to specify provision destination information and a different disclosure range for each provision destination. For example, the provider information can include a provider ID that specifies the provider of the provider and a disclosure range of emissions information for the provider ID in association with each other.

The performance information storage unit 233 stores information including greenhouse gas emissions (hereinafter referred to as performance information) for each emission entity. The performance information can include information that identifies the emission entity (for example, a company ID) and the performance value of greenhouse gas emissions. The actual value can be a total value of emissions for each predetermined collection period (for example, year and month) and scope (for scope 3, scope and category) related to the GHG protocol.

<Functional part>
The emissions information acquisition unit 211 acquires emissions information. The emissions information acquisition unit 211 can receive emissions information from the user terminal 1 . The emissions information acquisition unit 211 may access other systems to obtain emissions information. Furthermore, the management server 2 can include, for example, an emission amount calculation unit that obtains the amount of activity and an emission factor related to an emitting entity, and calculates the amount of emissions by multiplying the obtained amount of activity and the emission factor. Various information used to calculate the amount of emissions, such as the amount of emissions and activity amount calculated by the amount calculation unit, can also be acquired as the amount of emissions information.

The emissions information acquisition unit 211 registers, in the emissions storage unit 231, emissions information related to emissions before implementation of greenhouse gas reduction measures (hereinafter referred to as pre-implementation emissions), and It is possible to obtain emission amount information regarding the emission amount (hereinafter referred to as post-implementation emission amount) and register performance information including the obtained emission amount in the performance information storage unit 233.

The emissions information providing unit 212 provides emissions information to the provider. The emissions information providing unit 212 may provide emissions information to all providers, or may provide emissions information depending on the provider that has sent the request.

Furthermore, it is also possible for the emission entity to control the recipient of the emission amount information. If the provider information corresponding to the company ID included in the emissions information is registered in the provider storage section 232, the emissions information providing unit 212 sends information to the provider specified in the provider information. The emissions amount can be provided only by the

Furthermore, if a disclosure range is specified in the emissions information, the emissions information providing unit 212 can provide only the disclosure range of the emissions information.

The solution information acquisition unit 213 acquires information regarding reduction means (hereinafter referred to as solution information) from the provider. The solution information may include cost information for determining the cost of the reduction measure and reduction information for determining the amount of greenhouse gas reduction expected when the reduction measure is adopted. The solution information can also include, for example, the name of the reduction measure, its description, the introduction method, information identifying the types of greenhouse gases that can be reduced, and the like.

The solution information providing unit 214 can provide solution information to the user (send it to the user terminal 1). The solution information providing unit 214 may transmit the acquired solution information to the user terminal 1 every time the solution information providing unit 213 acquires the solution information, or may output the solution information acquired during a predetermined period of time. The management server 2 may be provided with a solution information storage unit that stores information for each entity (for example, company ID), and one or more pieces of solution information stored in the solution information storage unit may be provided.

Furthermore, when providing a plurality of pieces of solution information regarding one emitting company, the solution information providing unit 214 can provide the solution information with priority according to the reduction information included in the solution information. For example, the solution information providing unit 214 can provide a list in which solution information is sorted in order of reduction amount determined based on the reduction information (for example, in descending order). Further, the solution information providing unit 214 may provide only a predetermined number of solution information in the order of the determined reduction amount. Further, the solution information providing unit 214 can provide a list in which the solution information is sorted, for example, in order of cost determined by the cost information (for example, in order of low cost). Further, the solution information providing unit 214 can calculate the unit cost per unit reduction amount from the reduction amount based on the reduction information and the cost based on the cost information, and provides the solution information with this unit cost attached. However, it is possible to provide solution information sorted in order of unit cost (for example, cheapest first), or to provide only a predetermined number of solution information in order of unit cost.

The execution information acquisition unit 215 acquires execution information indicating the execution status of the reduction measures by the emission entity. The execution information can include information for identifying the emission entity (for example, company ID) and information for identifying the amount of reduction (actual value and/or predicted value). In this embodiment, the execution information is performance information, and the reduction amount is calculated based on performance information at multiple points in time.

The execution information providing unit 216 can provide execution information to the provider of the reduction means. For example, the execution information providing unit 216 can transmit execution information to the user terminal 1 of the provider. In this embodiment, performance information before and after the execution of the reduction means is provided as the execution information. If the provider information is registered in the provider storage section 232, the execution information providing section 216 may transmit the execution information (performance information) only to the provider specified in the provider information. can.

The advice acquisition unit 217 can acquire advice according to the execution information from the provider. The advice acquisition unit 217 can receive advice information regarding execution information from the provider's user terminal 1, for example. The advice information can include, for example, text data, image data, and the like.

The advice providing unit 218 can send advice information to the user who is responsible for the discharge.

The reduction calculation unit 219 estimates the reduction in greenhouse gases due to the adoption of the solution based on the pre-implementation emissions and post-implementation emissions stored in the performance information storage unit 233. The reduction amount calculation unit 219 can calculate an estimated value of the reduction amount by subtracting the pre-implementation emission amount from the post-implementation emission amount. The reduction amount calculation unit 219 can also provide an estimated value of the reduction amount to the provider and/or the user. The advice acquisition unit 217 can acquire advice information regarding this reduction amount from the user terminal 1 of the provider and transmit it to the user terminal 1 of the user who is the main emitter.

The billing processing unit 220 can perform processing (billing) of charging the provider a system usage fee. The billing processing unit 220 can bill the provider according to the amount of reduction. For example, the charging processing unit 220 may periodically charge a registration fee to a provider that can receive emission information.

<Operation>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the solution information providing process.

The management server 2 receives the provider information from the user terminal 1 and registers it in the provider storage section 232 (S301). The management server 2 receives the emissions information from the user terminal 1 (S302). The management server 2 can store the emission amount information in the memory 202 or the storage device 203 for a predetermined period of time.

If the provider information corresponding to the company ID indicating the user's emitting entity is registered in the provider storage unit 232 (S303: YES), the management server 2 provides information only to the provider specified in the provider information. , transmits the emission amount information (S304). Note that if a disclosure range is set in the provider information, the management server 2 can provide only the emissions that are included in the disclosure range.

The management server 2 receives input of solution information from the provider that provided the emissions information (S306), and transmits the received solution information to the user terminal 1 (S307).

As described above, the status of greenhouse gas emissions by the emitter can be provided to the provider, and the provider can provide solution information regarding the means for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the user who is the emitter.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating processing for managing the execution state of the reduction means.

The management server 2 acquires the performance information before and after the execution of the reduction means from the user terminal 1, and registers it in the performance information storage unit 233 (S321). Note that the data can also be acquired from the user terminal 1 when the reduction means is executed.

The management server 2 provides the performance information before and after execution to the provider specified in the provider information (S322). The management server 2 receives advice information from the user terminal 1 of the provider that provided the execution information (S323), and transmits the received advice information to the user terminal 1 of the user who is responsible for discharging (S324).

The management server 2 can also decide where to reduce by the solution, for example, by subtracting the amount of emissions after execution from the amount of emissions before execution, based on the performance information before and after the execution of the reduction measure (S325). . The management server 2 can transmit the estimated reduction amount to the user and/or the provider specified in the provider information (S326).

As described above, according to the information processing system of the present embodiment, the information processing system of the present embodiment provides the provider with the emissions information regarding the emissions of the main emitter, and also acquires information from the provider regarding the reduction method (solution) for reducing the emissions. Then, it can be transmitted to the user terminal 1.

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not for construing the present invention in a limited manner. The present invention may be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention also includes equivalents thereof.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the provider storage unit 231 manages providers who can provide emission amount information, but it may also manage providers who are prohibited from providing emission amount information. In this case, the emissions information providing unit 212 and the execution information providing unit 216 may not provide the emissions information and performance information to the provider specified by the provider information.

<How to display visualized data for users>
Furthermore, the management server 2 can display new solution information on the user terminal 1 preferentially. Furthermore, the management server 2 may display updated solution information preferentially.

Furthermore, the management server 2 can change the priority of the emissions information and/or solution information depending on the industry type, location, capital structure, listing classification, etc. of the emission entity and/or provider.

Furthermore, the management server 2 can also be configured to preferentially display solution information of providers that have a capital relationship with the emission entity.

Furthermore, the management server 2 can register solution information from the provider, match the solution information with the emissions information, and provide the provider with priority in the emissions information that most closely matches the solution. can.

Furthermore, the management server 2 can display the reduction targets of the emission entity and their results in a corresponding manner.

In addition, the management server 2 accepts the specification of the scope and/or category that the emitting entity desires to reduce in the emission information, and requests the provider to specify items related to the scope and/or category that the emitting entity desires. It can be highlighted.

Furthermore, the management server 2 can cause the provider's user terminal 1 to highlight categories that the user desires to reduce.

Moreover, the management server 2 can be provided with a provision history storage unit that stores the provision history of emission information, so that the user can view the provision history.

Furthermore, the management server 2 may manage that providers have given likes to emission entities, and may provide emission amount information only to providers who have given likes.

In addition, the management server 2 includes the user's desired provider's industry type and solution type in the provider information, and provides the user with only solution information related to providers and solutions that match the user's wishes. be able to.

<Screening of visualized data by provider>
In addition, the management server 2 can narrow down emissions information to information that matches conditions such as industry type, location, capital structure, listing classification, financial information, etc. of the emitter, in accordance with specifications from the provider.

Furthermore, the management server 2 can include the type in the emission amount information, accept the designation of the type from the provider, and provide the emission amount information corresponding to the accepted type.

Further, the management server 2 may narrow down the emission amount information according to the user's registration date and the emission amount information registration or update date in accordance with the specification from the provider.

Furthermore, the management server 2 may receive a keyword designation from the provider and search for emission amount information that matches the received keyword.

<Solution proposals by providers>
Further, when the management server 2 receives a request from the user terminal 1 indicating that the user wants to propose a solution, the management server 2 can set a tag indicating that the user wants to propose a solution in the emission amount information. The management server 2 can display emission amount information according to the tag to the provider.

Furthermore, the management server 2 may be provided with a function for sending and receiving messages between users, and may be configured to send and receive direct messages between providers and users. In this case, the management server 2 can set an upper limit on the number of times direct messages can be sent, and may raise the upper limit when charging is made.

Furthermore, the management server 2 may prevent the provider from viewing all of the emission amount information, and the operator of the management server 2 may mediate communication with the provider and/or the user.

Furthermore, the management server 2 can have a function of adding suggestions such as discounts and additional services to the solution information and transmitting the solution information to the user terminal 1. In this case, the above proposal can be specified by the user terminal 1 of the provider.

The management server 2 can also include an evaluation value storage unit that receives input of evaluation values of solutions and/or providers from users and stores evaluation values for each solution and/or provider. The management server 2 may aggregate the evaluation values and attach the aggregated evaluation values to the solution information.

The management server 2 can also include an evaluation value storage unit that receives input of user evaluation values from the provider and stores evaluation values for each user. The management server 2 may aggregate the evaluation values of solutions and/or providers, and may attach the aggregated evaluation values to the solution information.

<Display the number of viewers of the visualized data to the user. ＞
In addition, the management server 2 can provide the user with information on the number of emissions information provided to the provider and information on the viewing status, such as "Provider ○ has viewed your company's data." .

1 User terminal 2 Management server

Claims (3)

an emissions information acquisition unit that acquires emissions information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from an emitter that emits greenhouse gases;
an emissions information provision unit that provides the emissions information to a provider that provides the greenhouse gas reduction means;
A solution that includes cost information for determining the cost of the reduction means and reduction information for determining the amount of greenhouse gas reduction expected when the reduction means is adopted, regarding the reduction means from the provider. A solution information acquisition unit that acquires information;
a calculation unit that calculates a unit cost per unit reduction amount determined based on the reduction amount determined based on the reduction information and the cost determined based on the cost information;
a solution information providing unit that provides the solution information to the emission entity in the order of the unit cost ;
An information processing system comprising: acquiring emission information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from an emitter that emits greenhouse gases;
providing the emissions information to a provider of greenhouse gas reduction measures;
A solution that includes cost information for determining the cost of the reduction means and reduction information for determining the amount of greenhouse gas reduction expected when the reduction means is adopted, regarding the reduction means from the provider. a step of obtaining information;
calculating a unit cost per unit reduction amount determined based on the reduction amount determined based on the reduction information and the cost determined based on the cost information;
providing the solution information to the emitting entity in the order of the unit cost;
An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. acquiring emission information regarding the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from an emitter that emits greenhouse gases;
providing the emissions information to a provider of greenhouse gas reduction measures;
A solution that includes cost information for determining the cost of the reduction means and reduction information for determining the amount of greenhouse gas reduction expected when the reduction means is adopted, regarding the reduction means from the provider. a step of obtaining information;
calculating a unit cost per unit reduction amount determined based on the reduction amount determined based on the reduction information and the cost determined based on the cost information;
providing the solution information to the emitting entity in the order of the unit cost;
A program that causes a computer to execute

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