Summary
The City of Charlottetown’s Corporate Greenhouse Gas Inventory is an estimate of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to the City of Charlottetown’s municipal operations.
The inventory is updated each year with data from the previous year as some information doesn’t become available until midway through the following year. The scope of the report includes electricity and fuel consumption for municipal buildings, streetlights, fleet, public transit, Water & Sewer, as well as emissions from solid waste. Energy and emissions are presented in total energy consumption (GJ), total GHG emissions (tCO2e), and energy expenditures ($).
Key Takeaways
- The corporate emissions for 2024 are only 9% higher than the target emissions for that year. Continued improvements to buildings and fleet will be required each year to meet the ambitious milestone targets that have been set.
- Overall, the corporate annual GHG emissions have decreased by 10% from the 2015 baseline year. This decrease can largely be attributed to decreases in electricity and heating fuel emissions.
- Although the overall electricity usage has increased since 2015, the emissions factor for electricity continues to decrease each year, making it a cleaner energy source for heating.
- Transportation fuels such as gasoline and diesel have both increased since 2015, and the Fleet category accounts for 36% of the total emissions. These emissions can be dropped by converting appropriate vehicles to electric
Methodology
The City of Charlottetown’s GHG inventory closely follows the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories. If you would like more information about the inventory and methodology used, please contact [email protected].