Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Forecast

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Forecast
Target

• Submitted by ICLEI Energy Services
• August 15th, 2005

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Partners for Climate Protection

• In 2004, the City of Saskatoon joined Partners
  for Climate Protection (PCP) and committed to
  taking action on climate change
• Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in
  corporate operations and the community at large

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PCP Milestones

• Create a GHG Emissions Inventory and Forecast
• Set a Reduction Target
• Develop a Local Action Plan
• Implement the Action Plan
• Measure Progress and Report Results

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The Report

• Corporate Inventory
• Community Inventory
• Corporate Forecasts
• Community Forecasts
• Corporate Targets
• Community Targets

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What are Greenhouse Gases (GHG)?

• Climate Change
• Global Warming
• This report tracks 3 principle GHG carbon
  dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane
• Expressed as equivalent CO2 (eCO2)
• Measured in tonnes of GHG emissions

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Corporate GHG Emissions by Operation
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Corporate Inventory Summary
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Buildings

• Energy consumption increased 39 between 1990 and
  2003
• Energy costs increased 51
• Emissions increased 24
• Emissions per thousand square meters increased
  from 122 to 157 tonnes GHG

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Vehicle Fleet

• Energy consumption and emissions decreased by 5
• Fleet size increased from 564 to 748 vehicles
• Great work with Right sizing

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Street Lights

• Energy Consumption decreased by 5
• GHG emissions decreased by 14

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Water Wastewater Treatment

• Energy use increased 86 between 1990 and 2003
• Expenditures increased 91
• GHG Emissions increased 85
• Electricity accounted for almost 14,000 of the
  16,500 tonne increase
• Wastewater treatment operations were
  significantly expanded to improve overall water
  quality

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Corporate Waste

• City grew by over 100 FTE
• Waste decreased between 1999 and 2003

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Community Inventory
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Community Inventory Summary
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Methods

• SaskPower
• Saskatoon Light and Power
• SaskEnergy
• Fuel sales including gasoline and diesel from 3
  of 4 major fuel providers
• Propane sales

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Community

• Per capita increase from 12 tonnes per person in
  1990 to 17 tonnes of GHG emissions per person in
  2003!!!
• 5 tonnes per person or 40 more emissions
• Private Transportation increased by 130,000
  tonnes between 1990 and 2003

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Summary of Increases

• Electricity 150,000 tonnes
• Fuel Consumption (not including transportation)
  830,000 tonnes
• Transportation 135,000 tonnes

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FYI

• CODE GREEN TV Series
• 12 homes across the country
• 15,000 for energy retrofits
• Grand Prize of a 2006 Toyota Hybrid
• At Home component
• Website www.codegreen.tv

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Summary of Increases

• Electricity 150,000 tonnes
• Fuel Consumption (not including transportation)
  830,000 tonnes
• Transportation 135,000 tonnes

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Corporate Forecasts

• Business as Usual 30 above 1990
• Planned 26 above 1990
• Typical 2 above 1990
• Optimistic 10 below 1990

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Community Forecasts

• Business as Usual 51 above 1990
• Planned 50 above 1990
• Typical 42 above 1990
• Optimistic 36 above 1990

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Commitments

• Kyoto Protocol
• Reduce GHG emissions to 6 below 1990 levels by
  2008 to 2012
• Partners for Climate Protection
• Corporate Reduction to 20 below 2003 by 2013
• Community Reduction to 6 below 2003 by 2013

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City of Saskatoon

• Why do we care?
• Clean water
• Clean Air

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Why do we care?
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Targets

• Corporate Target of 10 below 1990 by 2013
• Community Target of 6 below 1990 by 2013

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Can we make it?
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Energy Costs
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