Why did the city of Richmond conduct a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory?
The city of Richmond conducted a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for the community of Richmond as a whole and the city’s government operations. Information from the city’s greenhouse gas inventories allows the city of Richmond to identify energy and cost saving measures, create a strategy to reduce emissions in a quantifiable and transparent way, and provides baseline data to help monitor the success of future initiatives. The city of Richmond also conducted these GHG inventories to make informed decisions on how to spend funding the city was awarded through the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant program.
Related Questions
- What sources of greenhouse gas emissions were included in Richmond’s community greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and government operations inventory?
- What is the difference between Richmond’s community greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and government operations inventories?
- Who provided ICLEI with the data necessary to calculate Richmonds greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?
