Carbon accounting and energy planning in Glasgow

Graham Pinfield Glasgow City CouncilSTEP UP Project

TOPICS Background (UK, Scotland and Glasgow context)

Why account for CO2? Glasgow CO2 emissions and targets Sustainable Energy Action Plans Learning from STEP UP cities Challenges and opportunities in carbon and GHG

accounting

Background

UK targets Scotland targets for CO2, GHG, renewable energy, heat, others

Climate Change Reduction Commitment CoM cities commitment

Glasgow targets

Carbon accounting City wide CO2 emissions - DECC Local authority buildings - CRC

Carbon emissions and relation with other datasets Fuel poverty Health

End-user carbon dioxide emissions by region and sector (2012)

SOURCE: Local authority carbon dioxide emissions estimates 2012 , DECC,

Per capita end-user carbon dioxide emissions by region and sector (2012)

SOURCE: Local authority carbon dioxide emissions estimates 2012 , DECC,

Renewable Electricity Capacity Installed (MW)Scotland, 2000-2012

SOURCE: 2020 Routemap For Renewable Energy In Scotland – Update 2013 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/RoutemapUpdate2013

Why account for CO2?

EU2020 targets Energy and Carbon Masterplan Covenant of Mayors Resilient, sustainable and smart city Improve peoples lives

Reduce fuel poverty Create resilience cities Develop of low carbon economy

Sustainable Energy Action Plans

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• Sustainable Energy Action Plan

• 2008 EC formed the Covenant of Mayors

• Main focus: supporting 20% CO2 emissions reduction by 2020

• SEAP planning guidelines published in 2010. Updates in 2014

• 4,866 signatory cities

• 2,964 SEAPS currently with CoM 1,494 Accepted

GlasgowSustainable Energy Action Plan

Overall Strategy

CO2 targetVisionStaff capacityBudgetFinancing

Baseline Emissions Inventory

-Inventory year-Emissions factor (IPCC or LCA)-Emissions reporting units (CO2 or CO2e)-Energy consumption-Energy supply-CO2 emissions

Action Plan

- Key actions by sector- Energy savings/sector- CO2 savings/sector- Stakeholders- Cost / timeframe

Monitoring Plan

-Review of strategy-Monitoring emissions inventory-Results of emissions inventory-Review of Key Actions-Annual monitoring

Covenant of Mayors SEAP process

Baseline Emissions Inventory

CO2

Glasgow’s carbon accountingCITY WIDE • DECC data

• Energy consumption for LA (city wide)• CO2 emissions for LA 2012

LOCAL AUTHORITY•Energy consumption and CO2 emissions for Council state (GCC and ALEO’S)•Carbon Management Plan•Carbon Reduction Commitment 2014

Energy model •Buildings only (no Transport sector)•Residential and Non-Residential 2013•Gas and electricity consumption (different uses, heating, lighting, cooking)

Glasgow CO2 emissions and energy consumption

Glasgow city wide carbon emissions by sector 2006 - 2012

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

Industry and Commercial Total (ktCO2/year)Domestic Total (ktCO2/year)Transport Total (ktCO2/year)

Glasgow Energy consumption by source 2006 and trends up to 202020

0620

0720

0820

0920

1020

1120

1220

1320

1420

1520

1620

1720

1820

1920

20

2,500

4,500

6,500

8,500

10,500

12,500

14,500

Total (GWh/year)Logarithmic (Total (GWh/year))Gas (GWh/year)Logarithmic (Gas (GWh/year))Electricity (GWh/year)Logarithmic (Electricity (GWh/year))Petroleum (GWh/year)Logarithmic (Petroleum (GWh/year))

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Glasgow Carbon Emissions from 2006 and projections for 2020

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 20200

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

5,000

Carbon emissions for Glasgow 206 - 2012 and projections for 2020

(a) TOTAL Glasgow City kt CO2/yearLogarithmic ((a) TOTAL Glasgow City kt CO2/year)(b1) SEAP target kt CO2/year(b2) SEAP target kt CO2/year(c1 ) BAU ktCO2/year(c2) BAU ktCO2/yearPopulation ('000s, mid-year estimate)

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kilo t

onnes)

Energy consumption in Residential sector by ward

Carbon accounting in STEP UP cities

Riga• Top down

approach• Technical

Plan• SEAP

2014

Ghent• Bottom up

approach• Grass root

Plan• Climate

Action Plan (SEAP 2014)

Gothenburg• Mixed

approach• Local

authority driven

• In process of developing SEAP

Glasgow- Mixed approach- Developing the

Energy and Carbon

Masterplan (SEAP 2014)

Challenges and opportunities

CHALLENGES for CO2 accounting UK Energy market: privatise energy,

limited availability of consumption data. Reliance in DECC data. Challenges in building sector (domestic

and non-domestic) Challenges in transport sector

(privatised)

OPPORTUNITIES

Developing an energy model (buildings) Develop an updated Baseline Emissions Inventory Creation of ESCO’s and local energy companies

Cross sector opportunities Area based approach

Work in partnership with other Local Authorities Glasgow Clyde and Valley Scottish Cities Alliance

More holistic approach when accounting CO2: Account Green House Gases (GHG) Improve methodology using Life Cycle Assessment

(LCA)

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Graham Pinfield: graham.pinfield@glasgow.gov.uk Glasgow City Council http://www.stepupsmartcities.eu www.glasgow.gov.uk