Greenhouse gas inventory seminar planned
The event is planned from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in the SJVCEO Board Room, 4747 N. First St., suite 140, in Fresno. The program is geared to local government officials and regional planning agencies. There is no charge. Here is the link to register.
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA is conducting the training through the Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative.
ICLEI was founded in 1990 as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. The council was established when more than 200 local governments from 43 countries convened at an inaugural conference of the World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future at the United Nations in New York.
Included in the training session will be:
- Overview of the SEEC project and ICLEI
- Overview of conducting a government operations inventory
- Overview of conducting an inventory at the community scale
- Defining the scope of study, boundaries and protocols
- Overview of the Local Government Operations Protocol and Community Scale Protocol Framework
- Timelines, staff and resources needed to effectively complete inventory
- Gathering, organizing and working with data
- Sector detail (overview of recommended and alternate methods and discussion of data sources)
- Overview of tools that can be used to gather data and execute a comprehensive inventory
- Reporting inventories
The Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative is a new alliance to help cities and counties reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy. It is a collaboration between three statewide nonprofit organizations and California’s four investor-owned utilities.
Members are ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability USA, The Institute for Local Government, The Local Government Commission, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Diego Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co. and Southern California Gas Co.
The program is funded by California utility ratepayers.