Item B: Community Climate and Energy Action Plan Update

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CE–ICAP* ITY OF UGENE NTERNAL LIMATE CTION LAN help the organization and the community, not simply cope with climate change but thrive in a changing world. Summary of the 2005 Internal GHG Emissions Inventory b. The City of Eugene completed an inventory of operational greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in January 2009. The inventory gathered data for the years 2000 and 2005, and estimated emissions totals for 1990 (Figure 2). The most striking finding of the analysis is that there has already been a decrease in operational GHG 1 emissions between 2000 and 2005. This comes after GHG emissions increased about one-third between 1990 and 2000. By 2005, City operations had successfully arrested and reversed growth of GHG emissions. This is significant due to the continued growth of City staff and services—that is, the amount per City employee of GHG emissions decreased by 5.5% between 2000 and 2005. This result has been achieved primarily with substantial investment in energy efficiency and conservation upgrades, use of hybrid vehicles, and the use of bio-based fuels. There are three methods that were used in the inventory to analyze the impacts of GHG emissions; activity sector, energy source and scope. Figure 2: Total Reported Emissions, Employees and Population/100 for years 1990, 2000 & 2005 15,0002,000 1,900 12,500 1,800 1,700 9,159 9,061 10,000 1,600 7,165 7,5001,500 1,400 5,000 1,300 1,200 2,500 1,100 -1,000 1990199520002005 Total Emissions# of EmployeesPopulation/100 1 All GHG emissions in this plan are “equivalent CO2” units in metric tonnes. This plan will refer to them as simply CO2 7 *Plan adopted as a framework; subject to additional edits. Plan may be modified pending implementation.