Energy Consumption of Product Replaced (PD5578)

Amount of energy that would have been consumed by the replaced product during the lifetime of the organization's product.

Reporting Format Unit of Measure (PD1602)
Metric Type Metric
Metric Level Product/Service
IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Energy Consumption of Product Replaced (PD5578). v5.2.

Organizations should footnote details on the product replaced, source for data on product utilization, and any other assumptions.

This metric is intended to capture energy consumed by the product replaced over the course of the lifetime of the organization's product, not over the course of the lifetime of the product that is being replaced.
In some contexts, this metric can serve as an indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.