PRESENTING RESULTS IN AN EI Melinda Ronca-Battista ITEP/TAMS Center

GOAL OF THE EI PROCESS The goal of the EI process is a written report specific to your reservation A full written EI report Gives enough information that reviewer could duplicate results Includes summary up front for readers who do not want the details TEISS includes much of this information, but writing it out allows anyone to see results Most people, for example, your boss, your EPA project officer, etc., do not have TEISS on their computer so you need to present the data outside of TEISS

Base Year Geographic Area Pollutants Covered Source Categories ELEMENTS OF EI REPORTS Base Year Geographic Area Pollutants Covered Source Categories

Questionnaires or Surveys with Results More Elements Data Assumptions Calculations References Questionnaires or Surveys with Results

EI REPORT SECTIONS Executive Summary Introduction Introduction Summary Results Summary Introduction Reservation Environment Geographic Area Emission Inventory History Use of Emission Inventory Data Emission Inventories from Surrounding Area

Sections Results for Each Source Type Off-Reservation Sources A write-up for each pollutant of interest On-Reservation Sources For each source you estimated emissions for include Data Collection Methods Data Calculation Methods Results Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Procedures

Sections Conclusion References Appendices Next Steps Plans for Future Emission Inventories References Appendices

EI PRESENTATION Cover Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations

TEISS Reporting Functions TEISS does not write your report There are certain places in TEISS you can copy from and paste into your written report, for example if you used the IPP or QA/QC tabs TEISS does Export maps Create graphs and tables You can use these in your report

Maps From TEISS File Preference

We Selected: Location Pollutants Report Period Units Vertical Bar Chart

MAKING CHANGES TO TEISS REPORTS Click on the Filter button at the top right of the Reports screen to change the report specifications that you originally selected, for example, pollutants, reporting period, units, etc. There are also several buttons that quickly change the chart type The other buttons auto size the chart, show/hide data labels, and show/hide the legend

The same data in a pie chart, but the data labels are overlapping Click the Auto Size button to fix it

The same chart with Auto Size applied

Selected SCC Level 10 This usually causes crowding on the x axis and legend, it is usually more detail than you need

Used Filter button to change to SCC Level 7

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ADDING TEISS REPORTS TO WRITTEN EI RESULTS SECTION

Quick Summary Include all the applicable elements Format the report to look good Data presentation should be simple and to the point TEISS can provide graphs, charts, and maps Write to your audience

HOMEWORK DUE IN 5 DAYS: Use the TEISS reports to fill out the Homework_PresentingResults worksheet The information in the worksheet can be incorporated into the Results section of your EI Email the completed worksheet to the instructors