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City of Boulder Operations Sustainability Management Planning

City of Boulder Operations Sustainability Management Planning. Alison Schwabe , Sustainability Program Manager, McKinstry Joe Castro, Facilities & Fleet Manager, City of Boulder Colorado Climate Network Workshop, 30 April 2013. Inventory Process. Step 1 – Make Inventory Decisions

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City of Boulder Operations Sustainability Management Planning

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  1. City of Boulder Operations Sustainability Management Planning Alison Schwabe, Sustainability Program Manager, McKinstry Joe Castro, Facilities & Fleet Manager, City of Boulder Colorado Climate Network Workshop, 30 April 2013

  2. Inventory Process Step 1 – Make Inventory Decisions Step 2 - Gather Data for Base Year • Use master data workbook (ICLEI) • Keep detailed notes and sources! Step 3 - Calculate Emissions • CACP software (ICLEI) • Consumption x GHG emissions factor x GWP = GHG emissions Step 4 – Forecast and Report Emissions (optional) • Forecast to target year • Report by scopes to avoid double counting

  3. COB Inventory Decisions Made [Reference Document: Local Government Operations Protocol v 1.1, May 2010] http://www.theclimateregistry.org/downloads/2010/05/2010-05-06-LGO-1.1.pdf Base year: 2008 Boundary: Operational control (owns and operates-measure what you manage) Electricity emissions factor: eGRID 1.2% increase from 2005-2007 1,883 lbs CO2/MWh to 1,906 lbs CO2/MWh Scope 3: employee commute, business travel, wells-to-pump, materials, solid waste

  4. Electricity Emissions Factor • Local (Xcel) • 2007: 0.75 kg-CO2/kWh • Regional (eGRID) • 2007: 0.86 kg-CO2/kWh • State average

  5. COB Sources of Emissions • Inventory Boundary: All facilities, vehicles, etc. operated • Not including facilities leased to others • Not including jointly owned facilities not operated Stationary Sources Buildings and Facilities Public Lighting-streetlights, traffic signals Water Treatment & Transport- pumps, irrigation Refrigerants Solid Waste from Government Operations Wastewater Treatment Facility • Mobile Emissions • Vehicle Fleet • Mobile Equipment • Refrigerants • Wells-to-Pump (Scope 3) • Employee Commute • Business Travel • Materials Production • Asphalt & Cement • Copy Paper • Computers & Hardware • Fertilizer • Food

  6. COB 2008 Baseline Inventoried Emissions by Sector

  7. COB Inventoried Emissions by Sector 30.4 mt-CO2e/employee, 0.64 mt-CO2e/capita Commerce City=38 (2008) and Westminster=25 (2006)

  8. COB 2008 Baseline Inventoried Emissions by Source

  9. 2008 & 2011 GHG Emissions by Sector Reductions Buildings – 20% Materials – 62% Wastewater – 19% Water – 32% Public Lights – 6% Fleet – 5% Overall: 26% decrease from 2008 to 2011

  10. Data Collection Challenges Overall Guidance – collect the least amount of information that will be used Questions about why the City needs the data Methodology – what data to collect? Baseline data harder to collect – older Accuracy – are the data good? Timeliness – staff are busy Keeping data organized (very important!)

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