Internet Manual - Quick Start

The manual provides you a structured table of contents, an index, a glossary and a full-text search.

Content

The Internet Manual is structured according to three major aspects:

1. Access to the information via the different sheets in the Protocol Spreadsheet, e.g. the Plant sheet (see By Sheet").
2. Access to the information via user tasks, e.g. define inventory boundaries (see "By Task"). A plant diagram provides quick access to essential tasks which need to be performed for many cement plants.
3. Access to the information line by line (see "Line-by-Line").

The Content encompasses several additional topics. In the tree structure on the left hand side you can find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs). Specific terms and abbreviations are explained in a Glossary. Furthermore, you can find information in the Internet Manual by using its Index or Search functions, which you can access by clicking the corresponding icon at the top of the window or at the bottom below the tree structure.

Index

Glossary

Search

In order to find the relevant section or term on other pages you can look for the highlighted search term. Alternatively you can use the search function of your browser in long lists and tables. In most cases you can access it directly by pressing CTRL+F on your keyboard and entering the search term again. Pressing F3 on your keyboard will direct you to the next search result on the same page.

In the “Line-by-Line” list an additional function is provided at the top of the page. This function allows you to jump directly to the relevant line number.

Navigation

At the top you will find several buttons for navigating through the topics:

1: Click on the logo to return to the homepage

2 - 4: Show content, index or glossary on the left hand side

5: Print current page (topic)

6: Send an URL for the current page (topic) via e-mail

7: Open all dropdown elements in the topic (e.g., FAQs)

8: Remove search highlights

9 + 10: Navigate to the previous or next topic

11: Perform a full-text search

12: Switch to Chinese language version

Figures, Diagrams and Screenshots

In this Internet Manual especially in the section “By Task” you will find a number of figures, diagrams and screenshots from the Protocol Spreadsheet. In some cases, you can enlarge the figure on the screen by clicking on it. Click again to shrink the figure to original size.

• By Sheet means that you can access the information via the individual sheets in the Protocol Spreadsheet (e.g. Plant sheet, Company sheet).

  Each of the sup-topics provides further links e.g. to associated tasks. See Sheets in the Protocol Spreadsheet for an overview of the sheets in the Excel® file.

• By Task means that you can access the information via user tasks, such as defining the "inventory boundaries".

  Each of the tasks is associated with one or more sheets and hence provides additional links. For example, if a task has to be performed in the Plant sheet of the Excel® file, you will find a link to the Plant sheet on the tasks page. See Tasks to be performed by the User for a list of tasks.

Each of the topics should provide links to additional information such as FAQs or a link to the relevant lines in the Line-by-Line reference.

There are many ways to easily find what you need. You can browse the Content, which is organised in a tree structure. In this way you can find more important items which you may need to know about.

• A plant diagram provides quick access to essential tasks, which need to be performed for many cement plants.
• Instead of browsing, you can use the Index or Search a specific keyword in order to find all topics (pages) with related information in this Internet Manual.
• In order to find a keyword within a certain page or list you need to use the search function of your browser. In most cases you can access it directly by pressing CTRL+F on your keyboard and entering the search term again. Pressing F3 on your keyboard will direct you to the next search result on the same page.
• Specific terms and abbreviations are explained in a Glossary .
  
• The Protocol Spreadsheet and the Protocol Guidance Document can be found in the Download section.

The Protocol Guidance Document is a separate document published by WBCSD CSI now managed by GCCA. However, the Internet Manual provides some links between both documents.

• Within the text of Internet Manual you will find several links to the related sections in the Protocol Guidance Document.

• In the Index of the Internet Manual (see icons at the top of the window) and in the list of Index terms at the very bottom below the heading "user guide" you can find and access these references to chapters of the Protocol Guidance Document in the Internet Manual.

  

There are two ways to find information on a specific line in the Protocol Spreadsheet:

1. Use the Index or
2. Use the Line-by-Line reference.
   

Note that the Cement CO₂ and Energy Protocol and the Protocol Spreadsheet have a specific line number index (see Column B in the Excel® file). These line numbers are used throughout all documents of the Protocol. They differ from the Excel® row numbers. In the Internet Manual, the index of line numbers consists of the word “line” and the line number with three digits. For some lines a small letter is added to the number, e.g. “line059c”.

It is very important that you understand how to fill in and submit the Protocol Spreadsheet properly. This Internet Manual was designed to make this easy for you.

Click on Cement CO₂ and Energy Protocol Spreadsheet to learn more about the structure of the Protocol Spreadsheet.

It is important to consider the answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Other users may have the same questions as you. In the FAQ section you will find many questions which are divided into sections according to topics. The questions and answers have been formulated to address and solve common problems and questions. They may help to understand issues about which you may have queries when you use the Protocol.

See Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The revision of the Cement CO₂ and Energy Protocol was performed based on extensive experience with the application of the Protocol Version 2 and its evaluation for several years by many cement companies worldwide. The revised Protocol Version 3 was published by the WBCSD in 2011. It is intended to be applied for the reporting for the year 2011 and onwards.

Click here to read more about changes from Version 2 to Version 3.