Clean Air Climate Protection (CACP) Software

The Clean Air Climate Protection (CACP) Software is an important tool that helps local governments create greenhouse gas inventories, quantify the benefits of reduction measures and formulate local climate action plans. The software enables them to develop harmonized strategies to reduce both greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions.

It is a one-stop emissions management tool that computes emissions numbers as well as co-benefits related to cost savings and criteria air pollution prevention. ICLEI provides forms for collecting data as well as regular online trainings and on-call technical support to ICLEI members and members of our partner organizations.

Later this spring the ICLEI website will allow ICLEI members and other approved parties to register for and download the software. In the meantime, you can learn more at www.cacpsoftware.org. 

Here is a Demo Video showing the basics of the CACP Software.

For dates and times of future software trainings see the Training Events page or register for the CACP Webinar Training sessions.

Transfer of CACPS to Third Party

Who is an Eligible Recipient of the Clean Air and Climate Protection Software (CACPS)?
ICLEI possesses a Cooperative Agreement with the USEPA to distribute and support the CACPS software for certain users.  If you are a state, county or local government, or a member of ICLEI, NACAA, NASEO, and/or NARUC, you are entitled to register and download the CACPS software for use in your jurisdiction provided that ICLEI’s Cooperative Agreement remains positively funded.  Currently it is drawn per an on-demand basis.  

What if my jurisdiction is an Eligible Recipient but I want to give the software to someone else to help us with our emissions analysis?
To help Eligible Recipients make the best use of our membership benefits, ICLEI allows eligible recipients of the software to provide access to CACPS to Third Parties under the following conditions:

• Only one third party may receive the software per Eligible Recipient.
• The third party can be non-profit or for-profit entities, or individuals (consulting and volunteer).
• The third party is only allowed to use CACPS to perform bona fide emissions analysis for the Eligible Recipient’s community and government operations on behalf of the Eligible Recipient.
• The third party does not use the application for any other purposes, and does not reproduce or distribute the application unless expressly authorized by ICLEI to do so.
• The third party does not attempt to copy or reverse engineer the application, or otherwise infringe on ICLEI’s copyright in anyway.
• The third party registers with ICLEI as the Executing Agent on behalf of the Eligible Recipient.

How do I get a Third Party certified for CACPS?
Eligible Recipients must submit written and signed verification to ICLEI via cacp-software@iclei.org that Third Parties are acting as an Executing Agent.   

Who is eligible for ICLEI support while using the tool?
Valuable ICLEI staff support, offered to Eligible Recipients through the EPA Cooperative Agreement, is limited to staff of the Eligible Recipient.  This includes web trainings, on-site visits, phone support, etc.   On occasion ICLEI may offer related trainings to select groups, if that training service is funded outside of the EPA Cooperative Agreement.  

ICLEI can provide trainings to all third parties on a fee-for-service basis.  In certain cases ICLEI may provide limited services to third parties, tracked against the Eligible Recipient, if the third part is a non-profit or an individual volunteer.