Using IBC

This guide provides technical instructions for using the Integrated Benefit Calculator (IBC) within the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP), detailing the required geographic scales, data structures, and pollutant accounting necessary for the tool to function.

• IBC is compatible only with LEAP areas at a national or multi-national (multi-region) scale and has been calibrated for 161 countries.
• To ensure comprehensive pollutant coverage, the guide recommends using the Asiana area distributed with LEAP as a basis for new models or copying its default emission factors and sectoral structures into existing data sets, particularly to include non-energy sector emissions.
• When using PM Scaling, the LEAP model must provide a comprehensive accounting of all anthropogenic emissions from both energy and non-energy sectors for a specific list of pollutants: CO2, methane (CH4), black carbon, organic carbon, PM2.5, non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ammonia (NH3).
• Specific temporal settings are required if Base Year Particulate Matter Scaling is enabled: the Base Year must be 2010 and the First Scenario Year must be 2011. The End Year must be 2020 or later.
• IBC requires specific tree branches under Key Assumptions (Demographics, Economics, Disease Rates, Crop Production, and Transport) and an Indicator branch with a folder named Benefit Calculator Results to run; these can be added via the 'Advanced: Check for IBC Compliance' menu option.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). Using IBC. https://leap.sei.org/Help24/IBC/Using_IBC.htm

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Using IBC. n.d. https://leap.sei.org/Help24/IBC/Using_IBC.htm.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendusing, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Using IBC}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://leap.sei.org/Help24/IBC/Using_IBC.htm}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }