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Measuring Your Carbon FootprintMichelle Bonner
Vice President and Training Manager
Climate Smart Training Session #1
@climatesmart
training session #1 objectives
introduction to principles of greenhouse gas measurement
map your operations, emissions sources and inventory boundary
introduction to Climate Smart GHG management tool
schedule your coaching call
leave inspired and ready to do your first GHG inventory!
a GHG inventory is…
a quantified list of an organization’s GHG emissions and sources over a one‐year period.
GHG inventory
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Climate Smart overview
session 1
MEASUREsession 2
REDUCEsession 3
LEVERAGE
GHG management tool + access to client advisors
Climate Smart certified…
a complete and reviewed greenhouse gas
inventory
emissions reduction plan
a GHG inventory report
membership in the Climate Smart network of
businesses
Climate Smart certified…
a complete and reviewed greenhouse gas inventory
an emissions reduction plan that: addresses most significant sources of emissions measured is approved by a senior decision‐maker
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850+
businesses from all sectors
TRAINED:
AVG. REDUCTION: 11%
AVG. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEES: 2.7%
BUSINESSES ARE HAVING IMPACT! In their first two years:
TOP PERFORMERS:
REDUCING 30%+
Reduced annual GHGs by 10%: reduced waste to landfill by
37.5% paper use down by 20% other initiatives: staff
commuting, heating, business travel
Green team at Pacific Blue Cross
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Since 2009 Van Houtte Coffee BC has: reduced annual GHG emissions by 27% reduced annual operating costs by $100K+
Source: IPCC 4AR Working Group I Chapter 2 (2007)
greenhouse gas emissions dramatically increasing
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?Carbon Quiz
impacts of climate change
mountain pine beetle attack
photo by Lorraine Maclauchlan, Ministry of Forests, Southern Interior Forest Region
Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
seven main greenhouse gases
carbon dioxide
CO2
methane
CH4
nitrous oxide
N2O
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seven main greenhouse gases
hydrofluorocarbons
HFCs
perfluorocarbons
PFCs
sulfur hexafluoride
SF6
nitrogen trifluoride
NF3
global warming potential
compared to CO2
GHG GWP
CO2 1
CH4 25
N2O 310
HFCs 140‐11,700
PFCs 6,500‐9,200
NF3 17,200
SF6 23,900
heat trapping ability
BC’s GHGs: 64.5 Megatonnes CO2e
BC Climate Leadership Plan. August 2016
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Electricity and Heat Production
25%
Agriculture, Forestry and Other
Land Use24%
Buildings6%
Transport14%
Industry21%
Other Energy10%
World GHG Emissions 2010
Source: IPCC WGI Report, 2014
Total: 49 gigatonnes CO2e
BC climate policy
BC: reduce total emissions by 80% from 2007 levels
by 2050
Canada: reduce 30% from 2005 levels by 2030
Paris Climate Agreement: limit warming to no more
than 2 degrees C
climate action charter
carbon neutral operations by 2012
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well excuuuuse me
success story
success story: tinhorn creek vineyards
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards
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Tinhorn Creek Vineyards
Aggressive Tube Bendingcost reduction
Replaced old air compressors annual electricity reduction: 25%+ annual cost savings: $7,700 payback period: 1.6 years with Power Smart
incentive
Also reduced emissions from welding gases heating waste to landfillTotal annual GHG reduction: 13%
Victoria Butterfly Gardens
thermal polymembrane greenhouse cover(pay‐back: 11 months)
boiler retrofit (pay‐back: 16 months)
50% heating80+ tonnes CO2e
$20,000+
annual savings
cost reduction
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“We have new business coming in that we would not have had, had we not had this [initiatives to reduce GHG emissions and waste] in place.” Scott Gray, Director of Brand
brand lift, competitive advantage
“We recently had an interviewee mention that our active involvement in the Climate Smart program was a major draw‐card for her wanting to work at Treen.”- Angela Foster, Marketing Coordinator
employee recruitment & retention
the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
sample users
Ikea
Vancity
Royal Bank
Timberland
Suncor
Staples
Body Shop
Starbucks
and 750+ Climate Smart businesses and organizations
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GHG inventory principles
transparency
relevance
accuracy
completenessconsistency
conservatism
TRACCC
a GHG inventory is…
GHG inventory
covers a one‐year period
is repeated annually to track progress against baseline year
select an inventory period
emissions mapping
1. Map Operations and Emissions Sources
2. Understand Emissions “Scopes” (Categories)
3. Operational Boundary ‐ TBD
4. Identify Data Sources
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1. Map Operations and Emissions Sources
emissions mapping
map the buildings associated with your business
offices
warehouses, plants, etc.
L = leasedO = owned
emissions mapping
map the vehicles you lease or own or lease
sales fleet
delivery fleet
L = leasedO = owned
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emissions mapping
map other transportation associated with your business
third‐party shipping (goods in/out)
employee commuting
business travel
emissions mapping
map your paper consumption
copy paper
brochures
catalogues
other
emissions mapping
map your waste
office waste
manufacturing/processing waste
recycling
compost
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emissions mapping
map any other emission sources
refrigeration
equipment
example: Better Building Company
employee commuting
head office:wastepaper
business travel
company fleet
materials shipping
subcontractors:vehicles and equipment
job sites: waste
emissions mapping
GREEN MARKER = direct emissions
where do you burn fuel?
natural gas heating other heating fuel electricity generated
on‐site vehicle fuel (in
vehicles you lease or own)
refrigerants not electricity
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example: Better Building Company
employee commuting
head office:wastepaper
business travel
company fleet
materials shipping
subcontractors:vehicles and equipment
job sites: waste
emissions mapping
RED MARKER = indirect emissions
anywhere you use power that you don’t generate yourself
purchased electricity
purchased electricity/steam for heat
example: Better Building Company
employee commuting
head office:wastepaper
business travel
company fleet
materials shipping
subcontractors:vehicles and equipment
job sites: waste
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emissions mapping
BLUE MARKER = indirect emissions
everything else!anything you do not have ownership or operational control over
commuting taxis paper use waste couriers air travel
example: Better Building Company
employeecommuting
head office:wastepaper
business travel
company fleet
materials shipping
subcontractors
job sites: waste ‐ construction
cargo/freight
flights
vehicles equipment
2. Understand Emissions “Scopes”
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guidance for inclusion
relatively large point‐source emissions
you can influence the emission amount or source
data is relatively easy to collect
3. Operational Boundary – TBDindirect emissions: non‐owned or controlled emissions (scope 3)
emissions result from a core business requirement
significant contribution to your company’s GHG risk exposure
scope 3:office‐based business
scope 3: service/support business
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example: Better Building Company
employee
head office
business travel
company fleet
materials shipping
subcontractors
job sites: trailers (energy)waste
heating
fuel
electricity
electricity
paperwaste
cargo/freight
construction/office waste
flights
vehicles equipment
commuting
4. Identify Data Sources
resources and data‐collection
tools
information required for the GHG management tool
emission and data sources
sample employee commute survey
Excel aggregator templates on‐line employee commute
survey
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Climate Smart GHG management tool
expert external inventory review
documentation: aggregation, assumptions
principles: TRACC
iterative process: feedback
what we’ll check for
Climate Smart inventory summary
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GHG management tool
GHG management tool
questions?
your client advisor
604‐254‐6283 x 229 [email protected]
Ana Lukyanova
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setting up for success
support from business owners and top management
communication (internal, external)
allocation of resources (time, capital)
commitment
setting up systems
who to enlist for help? improvements to systems
for easier data gathering?where to store the inventory
data?where to document
assumptions and internal process?
setting up systems
setting up systems
Documenting the process
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evaluation: http://bit.ly/cs‐sess1 read your last inventory reportcoaching callcollect scope 1 and 2 data okay to share contact info?
thank
you
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phone: (604) 254‐6283email: [email protected]