FAQs

A repository of frequently asked questions and everything in between.

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Can I only copy from excel or can I use other tables such as google sheets?

What happens if I accidentally delete an original reference used by the CRANE tool?

What reference style should I use?

Is there a limit to the number of references I can add?

What email should I use to sign up?

Can I still use the old version of the CRANE tool?

What happens to my data?

What if I get an error while creating an account?

I’m not sure what email address I used to create an account.

I forgot my password. How do I log in?

Is it possible to create a new technology from scratch?

Can multiple people work on one CRANE tool assessment?

What if I can’t find my technology?

Are you adding new technologies to the database?

When should I skip directly to default results?

If I skip to defaults to see the results, can I still go back and edit the inputs later?

What if I can’t find the incumbent market that I want?

What should I set as the time frame of my analysis? What should my start and end year be?

How do I know if I should use the default data in the CRANE tool?

Why is most of the CRANE tool default data still from 2018-2019?

What life cycle phases are taken into account in the solution unit emissions?

What if my unit impact is not in line with what I’ve researched?

How do I take into account emission factors? Where do I get emissions factors from?

Should I calculate the planned or potential impact?

Does the CRANE tool model save automatically? Do I need to save it each time I close the tool?

Can I make my CRANE tool model public to share with other CRANE tool users?

Can someone help verify my model? Can someone check if my data is correct?

Do I need to save the solution to my solutions if I am downloading the pdf, excel workbook or .json file?

What happens to my feedback?

How do you calculate the abated GHG emissions?

Can I still access the old version (2017-2023) of the CRANE tool?