1. 1 Fort Collins Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory Bonnie Pierce April 30, 2013

2. 2 Community GHG Inventory Inventory frequency: –Biennial 2000 through 2006 –Annual since 2007 No formal 3 rd party verification, periodic review by consultants Results incorporated into: –Climate Action Plan Status Reports –Community Dashboard –Community Inventory Quality Management Plans

3. 3 Previous Inventory Protocol Mostly based on ICLEI Global Protocol for Communities –Set community boundaries –Categorized emissions by scope/sector –Evolved to include: Community air travel Energy for treatment of wastewater Embodied energy in recyclable materials sent to landfill

4. 4 Current Inventory Protocol 2012 ICLEI Community Protocol –Added water treatment & water reclamation process emissions –New solid waste method

5. 5 Emissions Trends

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7. 7 Inventory Process Improvements Quality Management Plan since 2010: –Revision history –Quantification methods –Emissions Factors –Activity data –Quality assurance & control

8. 8 Implemented GEMS database Automated calculations Improved: –Data management –Data retrieval –Multi-user access –Inventory preparation time

9. 9 Thank you! For more information, please contact: Bonnie Pierce bpierce@fcgov.com (970) 416-2648