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Beyond the GHG Inventory: The GYA Climate Action Plan and Next Steps

Beyond the GHG Inventory: The GYA Climate Action Plan and Next Steps. GYCC Annual Meeting October 15, 2010 Michael Fiebig. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee. Today’s Presentation. Where We’ve Been Review GHGs and Emissions Inventory Where We Are

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Beyond the GHG Inventory: The GYA Climate Action Plan and Next Steps

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  1. Beyond the GHG Inventory: The GYA Climate Action Plan and Next Steps GYCC Annual Meeting October 15, 2010 Michael Fiebig

  2. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Today’s Presentation • Where We’ve Been • Review GHGs and Emissions Inventory • Where We Are • Draft Results of the GYA Climate Action Plan • Where We’re Going • Ensuring Capacity for Implementation • Planning for Continuity and Expansion Source: http://www.globalchange.gov

  3. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Land Area

  4. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee GHG Emissions

  5. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Electricity Production

  6. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Fuel Use

  7. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Water Depletion

  8. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Forest Loss

  9. GYCC Sustainable Operations Subcommittee Some Common GHGs • Water Vapor (H2O) • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) • Methane (CH4) • Ozone (O3) • Nitrous Oxide (N2O) • Fluorinated Gases (CFCs, HCFs, PFCs and halons) Source: http://www.globalchange.gov

  10. GYCC Sustainable Operations Subcommittee Some Common GHG Sources

  11. GYCC Sustainable Operations Subcommittee Why all of the build-up? Source: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/05/carbon-bath

  12. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

  13. MONTANA The Greater Yellowstone Area WYOMING IDAHO

  14. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Project Overview • FY 2007 Baseline • 2 GHG Inventory tools: • EPA Climate Leaders (USFS and USFWS) • Climate Leadership in Parks – CLIP (NPS) • Measured Anthropogenic Emissions of: • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) • Methane (CH4) • Nitrous Oxide (N2O) • Completed in April, 2009

  15. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Emissions Sources Included: Not Included: • Stationary sources • Purchased electricity • Mobile sources • Employee air travel • Employee commuting • Prescribed fire & wildfire suppression • Refrigerants • Fire extinguishers • Gas waste stream • Imported heat • Product transport • Off-site waste disposal

  16. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Total GYA GHG Emissions

  17. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Planning for GHG Emissions Reductions GYCC “Definition of Success” • Setting and meeting a collective, realistic and credible ecosystem-wide GHG reduction goal • Ensuring the capacity and leadership intent to meet the goal • Developing/documenting a methodology for GHG accounting and reduction that serves as a model for other footprint areas, other agencies, and the public

  18. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Hidden Challenges

  19. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

  20. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Process: GYCC GYA-Wide Action Plan GYA Units and Unit Plans: USFS Sust. Ops SNF B-TNF CNF GNF B-DNF C-TNF RRL NER YNP GRTE Interagency Working Session: NREL FLEET Group FACILITIES Group SCOPE 3 Group

  21. Collaborative, Bottom-Up Action Planning Model

  22. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Compiled Potential Actions, Barriers, and Policy Solutions.

  23. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

  24. Innovation, Creativity, Empowerment, Ownership Bio-Diesel Fuel Bio-diesel Furnace Composting Toilets Cultural and Behavioral Education Conservation Education Double Sided Printing Set as Default Downsizing and Rightsizing Energy Audit Employee Shuttle (carpool) Electric UTV Energy Savings Performance Contracts Flexible Work Schedules Electric Vehicles Energy Tracking "bring the bills home" Install bulletin board in Visitor Center telling public about sustainable operations at unit Engine modification to turn engine off after 8min of idle Green Team Less Computer Upgrade (hardware) Fuel Tracking System HVAC Regular Inspection Live Feed Teleconferencing/ Webinars (long distance travel reduction) Hybrid Vehicles Improve Insulation in Buildings Low Flow Products Idle Reduction Install gravity-fed Irrigation System Recycling Implementing a tracking system Leak Detection (water) Recycling- Propane Key Tags (Red, yellow, Green) LEED Building Sprinkler Replacement Low Friction Tires Light Sensor Installation Telecommuting Reduce unit vehicle speed by 5 mph of posted speed Limiting/ Eliminating Personal Appliances Transmission Losses Replacing low mpg with high mpg vehicles Low Flow Products Travel Education Riding Bike around town Meters On Buildings Visitor Idle Reduction Program Scan Gauges (mpg tracker) Micro hydro Projects Waste Reduction Tire pressure education/ tire gauges in vehicles New Leases/ Remodels Incorporate Energy Efficiency Water Bottle Initiative Use of ATV to reduce miles driven On-Demand Hot Water Separation of Yard Waste Use public transport to meetings is possible Pipe Insulation (winterization of water system) Employee Bus Passes Using Ethenol-10 pumps Purchase 100% Green Power . Using re-refined oil PV Systems . VTC Replace Appliances . . Replace Hot water Heaters . . Smart Thermostat and Lower Temp . Solar Hot Water Heater , Turning Computers Off at Night and Weekends . Upgrade Boiler/ HVAC . Upgrade buildings (general) . Upgrade lighting and Exit Lights . Utility Bill Clean Up Vending Miser Water Catchment Water Metering Well and tank heater to PV Wind Power Window Blinds Window Replacement Winterization of Buildings When not Used in Winter, Xeriscaping

  25. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Draft GYA-Wide Results (by 2020)

  26. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee How Do We Compare?

  27. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee How Do We Compare?

  28. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee How Do We Compare?

  29. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee How Do We Compare?

  30. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee How Do We Compare?

  31. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Lessons Learned • Employees still cite “behavior and culture” as our biggest barrier • Institutional barriers also exist (e.g. ineffective and contradictory policies) • Accounting metrics and “functional working groups” are not easily compatible • Capacity (mainly dedicated time) and resources are still needed in a more formalized way

  32. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Implementation Update • FY 2010 GYA-wide Projects • NREL Interagency Agreement • Implementation of next GYA-wide projects using FY 2011 GYCC funding

  33. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee The GYCC’s Definition of Success • Setting and meeting a collective, realistic and credible ecosystem-wide GHG reduction goal • Ensuring the capacity and leadership intent to meet the goal • Developing/documenting a methodology for GHG accounting and reduction that serves as a model for other footprint areas, other agencies, and the public

  34. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Potential OpportunitiesYet to Come: • Full Implementation • Communication and Education • Expansion and Integration • Monitoring and Evaluation • Transparency; constant improvement • Consumption and life-cycle analysis

  35. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Future Areas of Need: Coordination & Assistance Expansion & Partnerships Data Aggregation Macro (GYA) Communication & Education Interface with New Policies Mid (Unit) Leadership Programs of Work Resources Capacity Succession Planning Implementation New Projects Micro (Project) Monitoring & Evaluation Footprint Accounting

  36. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee We’d like to work with you to create solutions to: • How to guarantee implementation of each unit’s action plans (Definition of Success #2)? • Expansion to fulfill Definition of Success #3? • Communication? • External Partners and Cross-coordination? • How should cross-unit communication and integration best be accomplished? • How to continue to find and utilize GYA-wide resources?

  37. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Some Potential Next Steps, Please… • Spend time with your staff checking your Unit’s Action Plan • We’d like to seek GYCC approval this fall; Nov. conference call? • Frame up the issues: • Engage in conversations about personnel/capacity options to meet the Definition of Success and coordination needs • Any volunteers to work with the SOS to frame up the issue and explore options? (a couple of conference calls) • Agree on a capacity measures to implement on your units? • Budgeting and programs of work? • Facilities maintenance and construction processes? • Fleet processes? • Think creatively about our next steps, to build upon our successes and realize the future potential of this initiative.

  38. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

  39. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

  40. Questions and Discussion GYCC GHG Document Archive: http://fedgycc.org/SOSGHG.htm For More Information, Contact: Michael Fiebig mtfiebig@fs.fed.us 406-587-6755

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