How Assessments are Structured in ORIS?

The Assessment Model

Project

Groups and Sub-groups

Materials

Transport and Operations

Results Dashboard

The Assessment Model

An ORIS assessment is built as a hierarchy of nested levels. Carbon and cost data originates at material level and rolls up through the structure to the project. The hierarchy is free-form, meaning you define the groups and their depth based on what makes sense for your project.

Project

The project is the top-level container in ORIS. All groups, materials, transport and operations sit within it. Carbon and cost totals at project level represent the sum of everything below.

Groups and Sub-groups

Groups are the structural layer of your assessment. They exist to organise your materials logically and make the assessment readable. You can use any grouping logic that suits your project: by phase, by trade, by zone, by element type, or any combination.

NESTING AND FLEXIBILITY

A group can contain materials, sub-groups, or a mix of both. Sub-groups can themselves contain further sub-groups or materials. There is no limit on the number of groups, sub-groups, or levels of nesting.

• A simple assessment might have a flat list of groups, each containing materials directly.
• A complex infrastructure project might have several levels of sub-groups before reaching materials.
• Different branches of the hierarchy can have different depths, depending on the level of detail needed in each area.

Materials

Materials are the core unit of an ORIS assessment. A material can represent a raw product, a finished product, a composite mix, or any item that carries a carbon footprint and a cost. It always sits inside a group or sub-group.

Every carbon and cost value in the assessment traces back to a material. Transport and operations linked to a material contribute their own values, but the material itself is the anchor point for all of them.

Transport and Operations

Transport and operations are not standalone levels in the hierarchy. They are always linked to a specific material and inherit its context within the group structure.

TRANSPORT

Each material can have one or more transport legs attached to it, covering the logistics associated with that material. ORIS automatically computes the carbon and cost contribution of each leg based on the material quantity.

OPERATIONS

Each material can also have operations attached to it, representing the on-site construction activities needed to place or process it. Operations contain equipment and personnel definitions. A dedicated article covers operations in detail.

Results Dashboard

The results dashboard in ORIS follows the same hierarchy you defined in your assessment. You can navigate from the project total down through groups and sub-groups to individual materials, making it straightforward to identify carbon hotspots at any level of detail.