1. Municipal Greenhouse Gas Inventory Lebanon, NH
Cassidy Yates, UNH Sustainability Fellow
Mentors: Mark Goodwin & Rebecca Owens, City of Lebanon
Lebanon’s Master Plan
Energy Chapter 1
The City shall…
“Be a regional leader in energy efficiency, innovation, and fiscal responsibility”
“Improve energy efficiency of municipal buildings, municipal vehicles, and streetlights and it shall promote similar efficiency measures for the commercial and residential sectors”
“Address energy-related employee behaviors such as commuting”
“Explore renewable energy options for purchase and development”
“Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050”
Emission Scopes
Stationary sources, vehicles
Scope 1 Direct Emissions
Purchased electricity
Scope 2 Indirect Emissions
Employee commute, business travel
Scope 3 Related Emissions
Inventory Process
Data collection
Program/software research
Data organization
Data input
Analysis
Review
Report
Value in Creating an Inventory 2
Inform planning and resource allocation
Inform effective policy development
Create accountability
Demonstrate leadership
Increase engagement
Types of Inventories
Inventory Challenges
Data collection
More data required in the EPA’s Local Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tool
Difficulties obtaining data from others
Baseline comparability
Incomplete baseline
Difficulty understanding what was included or omitted and why
Discovering more emission sources to measure
Adjusting for changes
City building and infrastructure updates
New fleet vehicles
Streetlights soon to be converted to LED
Local Government Operations
Community Scale
Lebanon’s Inventory
Local Government Operations Baseline 2008
Local Government Operations Update 2015
Local Government Operations Update 2018
Community Scale Inventory Future Work
References
City of Lebanon 2012 Master Plan,
Andrews, Jennifer. Municipal GHG Accounting
The City of Lebanon has the opportunity to be a leader in the Upper Valley region
Other municipalities in NH have done, or are in the process of completing GHG inventories