Emissions Templates are generic and simplify the process of entering part related emissions. A template is used by CTG parts and their revisions by assigning it to one part at a time on Part Eco-footprint CTG Emission page or to multiple parts on Part Eco-footprints page. The template contains substances and emissions, however it is optional to add emission levels to the template. A template can also be added to a master part on Eco-footprint Part Information page and from the master part it can be assigned to part revisions that do not already have any emissions or template references.
A template can be copied or referenced on part level. If emission levels are not defined in the template, it can be set on CTG part level once the emissions template is copied. Note! It is not possible to change or update part specific emission if the template is referenced. The substances and emissions levels then need to be defined in the template. When a referenced template is updated, it will be possible to propagate changes to all referenced parts and sites.
Emissions templates can have the following statuses.
| Status | Description | Activity |
| Planned | Template is created or under construction, but it is not possible to connect the template to a part. | Status can manually be changed to Active or Obsolete. |
| Active | Template can be added to a part. | Status can manually be changed to Planned or Obsolete. |
| Changes Pending | When doing changes to a template in status Active it automatically changes status to Changes Pending. This means changes have been done to the template that is not yet reflected on parts referencing the emissions template. Use propagate changes to update all parts with a reference to the emissions template. | Only by using the propagate changes functionality or removing the part references the status of the template will change to Active. |
| Obsolete | Emissions template is no longer valid. All part references need to be removed before changing the status to Obsolete. | Status cannot be changed. |