carbon counting – regional & community methodologies
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Carbon Counting – Regional & Community Methodologies. Dr Simon Gerrard CRed Programme Manager. Overview. Why count carbon – the CRed perspective? Who counts carbon? How CRed counts carbon Issues arising. Focus on Action. By the People or For the People?. Who is doing the counting? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Carbon Counting – Regional & Community Methodologies
Dr Simon Gerrard
CRed Programme Manager
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Overview
• Why count carbon – the CRed perspective?
• Who counts carbon?
• How CRed counts carbon
• Issues arising
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By the People or For the People?
• Who is doing the counting?
• Who are the people?
• Relationship to and ownership of the results
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8 Financially Burdened
1 Environmentally Mature
2 Educated Advocates
3 Discerning Elders
4 Comfortable Conservatives
5 Little Britain
6 Restful Retirement
7 Driving Dependency
9 Ethnic Tradition
10 Fixed Horizons
High consumers of HH and vehicle energy.
Critical Gp in next few yrs as lifestyle will develop to larger homes and more cars
Energy bills still quite high. Moderate vehicle ownership
HH and vehicle emissions above average – scope for reducing emissions
HH & vehicle emissions not high. Below average attitude towards environment
Those that are independent will want to save money & so potentially interested in saving energy
Relatively new houses with lowest CO2 emission score
New large housing. Demands of family make energy consumption relatively high
High proportion of extended families resulting in high energy consumption
CO2 emissions just below average. Vehicle ownership low
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Passive or Active Engagement
• Passive implies ‘business as usual’ in terms of behaviour - unrealistic
• Active implies significant long-term behavioural change
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Engage Audit Report Introduction to Solutions
Action Plan
(Pledge)
Evaluation(Carbon Monitor)
Award
RaisingAwareness
TakingAction
Evaluation
Stimulating Greater Change
Innovation & Best Practice
Carbon Counting
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Paralysis by Analysis
• How accurate do we need to be?
• Herbert Simon’s principle of satisficing
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Links to Climate Science
• Dealing with uncertainty……1. How to incorporate changes in
accuracy?
2. How to deal with large ranges in estimations?
3. How to cope with revisions in carbon calculations?