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2014 Carbon Neutral Action Report (CNAR) - Part 2 ACTIONS

Organization Name Delta School District SD37

Actions Taken to Reduce Emissions

1) Stationary Fuel Combustion, Electricity (Buildings):Indicate which actions

were taken in 2014: Performed energy retrofits on existing buildings

Yes

Built or are building new LEED Gold or other "Green" buildings.

No

Undertook an evaluation of overall building energy use.

Yes

Please list any other actions taken to reduce emissions from Buildings:

Replace equipment for more efficient versions

Encourage conservation of energy, water and waste in the district

2) Mobile Fleet Combustion (Fleet and other vehicles):Indicate which actions

were taken in 2014: Do you have a fleet?

Yes

Replaced existing vehicles with more fuel efficent vehicles (gas/diesel)

No

Replaced existing vehicles with hybrid or electric vehicles

No

Reduced the overall number of fleet vehicles

No

Took steps to drive less than last year

No

Please list any other actions taken to reduce emission from fleet:

(No response)

3) Supplies (Paper):Indicate which actions were taken in 2014: Used less paper than previous year

Yes

Used only 100% recycled paper

No

Used some recycled paper

Yes

Used alternate source paper (Bamboo, hemp, etc.)

No

Please list any other actions taken to reduce emissions from paper use:

Implement login accounts for using the copier in order to keep record of how many times the copier

is used under each person's account.

Page 3

Actions Taken to Reduce Emissions - continued

Explain how you plan to continue minimizing emissions in 2015 and future years:

Awareness campaign and data will be shared back to the school

If you wish to list any other "sustainability actions" outside of buildings, fleet, paper and travel

check "yes". This reporting is optional.

No

360 13.5%

2,113 79.1%

197 7.4%

Mobile Fuel Combustion (Fleet and other mobile equipment)

Stationary Fuel Combustion (Building Heating and Generators) and Electricity

Supplies (Paper)

*Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) is a standard unit of measure in which all types of greenhouse gases are expressed based on their global warming potential relative to carbon dioxide. ** Under the Carbon Neutral Government Regulation of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, all emissions from the sources listed above

must be reported. As outlined in the regulation, some emissions do not require offsets.

Total Emissions: 2,670

School District 37 - Delta Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Source for the 2014 Calendar Year (tCO2e*)

Offsets Applied to Become Carbon Neutral in 2014 (Generated June 23, 2015 1:09 PM)

Total offsets required: 2,619. Total offset investment: $65,475. Emissions which do not require offsets: 51 **