ItaCa IVIF Tonni New

SATA Studio Agronomico
ItaCa, an example of
international collaboration for an
emission monitoring model
Pierluigi Donna (1), Marco Tonni (1), Leonardo Valenti (2)
(1) Sata Studio Agronomico, Rovato (BS), Italy
info@agronomiSATA.it
(2) Università degli Studi di Milano, Facoltà di Agraria, Dipartimento di
Produzione Vegetale, Italy. leonardo.valenti@unimi.it
Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it
In the
World…
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) are probably the

most important causes of World temperature
increasing.
GHG Calculators were recently developed
for several production sectors
It is
TIME
TO
MEASURE
We need to measure the sustainability:
Not only talk and talk and talk….

GHG Calculators calculate total GHGs
emissions during a production process.
GHGs vary in their ability to trap heat in the

atmosphere; they are harmful to the climate.
Each GHG has a “global warming potential”,
or “GWP” which refers to its heat-trapping
ability relative to that of carbon dioxide.
GWP factors correlate gas different than
CO2, to a CO2 equivalent.
The outcome of a calculator run is
“Carbon footprint” of a process
State of the art: Viticulture and wine making
2 calculators were developed in the World:
IWCC=International Wine Carbon Calculator
• Produced and tested by:
Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA)
Wine Institute of California
New Zealand Wine Growers
Integrated Production of Wine South Africa
• Recognized by FIVS
• Free
Starting from IWCC, each Nation should develop its
own calculator (collaboration, update, upgrade)

State of the art: Viticulture and wine making
The other calculator is
BILAN CARBONE® = French standard
• Created by ADEME (Agence de
l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de
l'Energie) and ITV (Inst. Techn. Vin)
• Without any possibility of collaboration
What will happen in OIV?

State of the art:
Viticulture and wine making
Currently, lacks in Italy any Insitutional,
Regional or Corporate tool.
This is the reason because we decided to

produce Italian tool.
We asked for collaboration to WFA

SATA developed
= Italian Wine Carbon Calculator

First wine emission calculator in Italy,
directly developed from IWCC
The software was updated by URS Italia,
the same Company that developed Australian WCC
Italian Wine Carbon Calculator
Characteristics
Production chain is divided in 3 “Scopes”
(areas, spheres), where emissions arise
1. SCOPE 1 – direct emissions of Company
2. SCOPE 2 – indirect emissions due to
energy consumption
3. SCOPE 3 – indirect emissions due to
purchased materials and activity, and
waste disposal
SCOPE 1
direct emissions:
ownership of
activities
eg. tractors within Fig. 1: Pictorial representation of Scopes (World Resources Institute, 2004)
company controlled
vineyards, forklifts within company,
water heaters or bottling halls.
Direct control of these emissions!
SCOPE 2
indirect emissions:
purchased electricity
heat or steam Fig. 1: Pictorial representation of Scopes (World Resources Institute, 2004)
Carbon footprint of “National” energy

source
Control only about consumption
SCOPE 3
indirect emissions:
from all materials
and activities that
Fig. 1: Pictorial representation of Scopes (World Resources Institute, 2004)
are purchased from
other companies, including waste disposal
Eg. Glass, packaging materials, third-part works
Control about consumption, and possible
influence on choises of suppliers
Tipping points Strengths
Certainty of diagnosys
Uncertainty of
(compare among years, not
some data (no
among Companies)
ISO-LCA)
Economic!
Hierarchization of relevance
of each Company sectors,
Time for simple approach, repetible
collecting data Improved Company and
people sensibility to
environment
Tipping points Strengths
Lack of some data Stimulate providers to
(eg. Pesticides!) furnish data
Possibility to reduce 20-25%

emissions within few years
(source: ITV)
* Our experience 2008: -20%
Creation of guidelines for
internal and external
developing (eg. Glass)

Tecnichal
evaluation of the
data It makes sense to speak of
Steps leading
no
contextualization of information?
yes from AWCC to
Investigate
specific
availability
ItaCa
Is there any data with
consistent quality and
authoritativeness, easisly
available?
no
yes
No further action. The Assessment of Proposal of
data remains importance of the modification
unchanged data
yes
no
Could the data have a substantial yes Check general Are there specific studies or
impact on the final calculation of availability data from other contexts that
carbon balance? can adapt?
no

AIMS:
• Improve Corporate image
• Improve environmental awareness
of employees and workers
• Monitoring of production chain
• Detect critical points
• Improve economical and
environmental efficiency
AIMS:
Develop an action plan:
• IMMEDIATE actions
(without the need for investment)
• PRIORITY actions
(important, short term actions)
• STRATEGICHAL actions
(the future of the firm)
USEFUL when applied:

• At firm level
• At territorial level (Syndicates,
Authorities):
this could be a challenge and a
far-sighted strategy to orientate
planning of many companies
Possible applications:
• At firm level, improving:
• Buildings, structures, equipments
• Efficiency of internal transports (eg.
car pooling) and logistics
• Best environmental practices
• Simplified transition to LCA
• Selection, and stimulating suppliers
• Commercial logistic (sustainable log.)
Implementation
• Missing data (from suppliers!)
• Pesticides
• Some materials
• Discuss about how to manage data about
spare parts (eg. Batteries) and “lost”
materials (eg. Tires, consumed in the
field, eg. plastic strings, mulch films,…)
• Further discussions and updates:
eg. Carbon sequestration
Attention:
• It is Fundamental: reduce emissions
• NOT increase compensations…
• Needs more knowledge, eg.:
• Emissions of pesticides
• Possible sequestration-compensation:
• Vineyards
• Woods
• Non-polluting is the first step, but to
do so we need to know where and
how to act!
Mobile Equipment - Distance Based
User instructions
This worksheet calculates emissions from fuels combusted due to transport at the site or by the site company-owned vehicles, specifically on a "vehicle kilometres travelled" basis (when the volumes of fuel co
Enter the total vehicle kilometres travelled either by general vehicle category, or by specific vehicle model using the drop-down menus.
Note the user may separate out post-2004 vehicles due to their improved catalytic conversion of exhaust methane and nitrous oxide.
If fuel volume records are kept, the user should calculate emissions by the quantity-based method in tab 1: 'Mobile - Quantity Based'.
Take care not to double up on emissions by using both methods for the same vehicle(s).
Emissions
Fuel data Factors (g Total
CO2/km) Emissions Quality Rank
Vehicle tonnes CO2-e
Description/comment Vehicle Type Distance CO2
(km)
Light duty vehicles (<3.5 t) Sinanet database

Diesel oil
Conventional 120 243,33 0,03 D
Euro I 25000 220,88 5,52 D
Euro II 220,88
Euro III 215,842
Euro IV 532,681
Gasoline
Conventional 20630 300,814 6,21 D
Euro I 10000 243,274 2,43 D
Euro II 11240 233,131 2,62 D
Euro III 356 231,474 0,08 D
Euro IV 245,267 0,00
Heavy duty vehicles (>3.5 t) Sinanet database
Diesel 3.5-7.5 t
Conventional 356,022 0,00
Euro I 1000 333,379 0,33
Euro II 2600 323,497 0,84
Euro III 311,225 0,00

IMPLEMENTATION
Self-monitoring tool
to check quality of vineyards and grapes
and environmental impact of viticulture:
GEA.Vite
Marco Tonni, Pierluigi Donna
Sata Studio Agronomico, Rovato (BS), Italy

GEA
Gestione Efficienza Aziendale
Management of Corporate Efficiency
Tool to calculate and visualize

quality and environmental impact of
field works
•Complete •Consistent •Objective

•Reliable •Quick to fill in
GEA.Vite analyses over 100 key point
of the vineyards management, from
the planting until harvest.
For each entry is assigned an
objective rating;
votes are based on a table of values,
agreed by agronomists of Sata and that
represent the quality of what checked.

Each vote is transformed by two
different coefficients.
The transformation coefficients allow to
turn the vote "unique" into two values:
• one expresses the quality of
management of the vineyard and/or
expected quality of grapes,
• the other represents the “general”
environmental impact of operation
Soil management Rating (examples for Northern Italy)
4= perfectly managed ; 3= sometimes, delay; 2=
Soil management quality competition problems; 1= also damages to vines; 0=
damages on a lot of vines.
Use or not use of herbicides 4= not used; 0= used
Quality of weed control under vine with 4= perfect control; 3= some delay; 2= competition
herbicides problems; 1= some damage; 0= strong damage
4= min. 2 herbicides, max. 3 appl/Y; 2= only 1 herbicide
Herbicide rotation
or excessive repetition
Minimum use of residual herbicides 4= never used; 2= max. 1 time/Y; 0= more 1/Y
4= perfectly managed ; 3= sometimes, delay; 2=
Quality of cultivation along row (if done) competition problems; 1= also mechanical damages; 0=
mechanical damages on a lot of vines
4=appropriate timing and mixture; 3= delay, or
Grass cover: timing and quality of seeding
inappropriate mixture or natural covering; 0= problems
Leguminous seeding (Y/N) 4= Y; 0=N
Grass cover management between rows 4=optimal mowing; 2=some delays; 0= problems
4= excellent; 3=clearings<10% tot surface; 2= cl<20%;
Grass cover quality level
1-0= visible cracks
Soil management (if not sod cultivation) 4= as by instructions; 2-0=delays or wrong way
4= perennial; 2=temporary; 0= cultivation or weed
Environmental impact of soil management
killing
Number of passing during year 4=less than average; 2=as average; 0=overwork
Tab. 2: Key elements for evaluation of quality of soil management practices and their environmental
impact, and rating for each entry.

Fig. 2:
GEA.Vite
output.
It graphically
shows
weak point of
vineyard
management,
with regard to:
-operational
quality
and
- environmental preservation (higher votes means higher respect)

It is
TIME
TO
MEASURE
ItaCa and GEA.Vite
allow to measure the sustainability:

Not only talk and talk and talk….
Time to measure
ItaCa and GEA.Vite
allow to control productive chain for
quality and environmental impact.
The output are MEASURES, that
become patrimony of the firm.
GEA:
GEA measure of quality of work and
respect of environment
ItaCa measures emissions
®

Time to measure
ItaCa and GEA.Vite :

®
Improved quality
and reduced impact
are results of this
“tecnhical and cultural” growth
of workers and employees

ItaCa, an example of international collaboration
for an emission monitoring model
Pierluigi Donna(1), Marco Tonni(1), Leonardo Valenti (2)
(1) SATA Studio Agronomico, Rovato (BS), Italy
(2) Università degli Studi di Milano, Facoltà di Agraria, Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale, Italy.
leonardo.valenti@unimi.it
Thank you for your kind attention


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SATA Studio Agronomico

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) are probably the

We need to measure the sustainability:

Not only talk and talk and talk….

GHGs vary in their ability to trap heat in the

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

What will happen in OIV?

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

This is the reason because we decided to

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

= Italian Wine Carbon Calculator

Carbon footprint of “National” energy

Possibility to reduce 20-25%

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

USEFUL when applied:

Light duty vehicles (<3.5 t) Sinanet database

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

Tool to calculate and visualize

•Complete •Consistent •Objective

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

- environmental preservation (higher votes means higher respect)

allow to measure the sustainability:

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

ItaCa and GEA.Vite :

Marco Tonni www.AgronomiSATA.it

Thank you for your kind attention

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