Overview: Establishing a GHG Inventory and Reduction Goal

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Overview Establishing a GHG Inventory and
Reduction Goal

• World Energy Engineering Congress
• August 15, 2007

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Overview

• Establishing a GHG Inventory
• The Basics
• Baseline Adjustments
• Recalculations
• Setting a GHG Reduction Goal
• Should Bes
• Factors to Consider
• Public or Not

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Inventory Basics

• Identify Sources
• Choose Boundaries
• Collect Data
• Calculate Emissions
• Line Item Adjustments
• De Minimis

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Baseline Adjustments

• Divestitures/Closures
• Acquisitions/New Construction
• Outsourcing/Insourcing
• Defining Organic

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Recalculations

• Overlap with Baseline Adjustments
• Calculation Methodology
• Errors
• Materiality

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Setting A Goal

• A goal should be
• Strategic
• Forward Looking
• Realistic
• Aggressive
• Comprehensive

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Factors to Consider

• Base Year
• Historical Trends
• Reality
• Corporate Culture

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To Go Public or Not

• Guidance
• Tools
• Networking
• Publicity

• Cost
• Paperwork
• Verification
• Publicity

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• JoAnn M. Garbin
• PWI Energy
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• Philadelphia, PA 19147
• jgarbin_at_pwienergy.com
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