Touch Base about the Project

A 14 minutes conversation via telephone with Lauren centered on the status review of GHG Emission project in Sand City, registration of directed study unit at MIIS with Prof Jason, challenges arises from the LGOP document, and comments on last Tuesday's webinar.

Things done

Accessed the ICLEI Master data Work Book, introduced on navigating different work books exspecially "Inventory Task and Timeline" to monitor work progress. Unable to do the "Inventory Checklist" until questionaire responses are processed with Pooler or recommended officer. Advised to become more familiar with work books using trial PG&E data.

Diected study (2 units course) registration completed in MIIS, approved by Dean and supervised by Prof. Scorce Jason.

Follow-on activities

Tentative plan to visit San City next week Tuesday, in the morning.

Lauren to arrange with Pooler and she is willing and available to drive with me to Sand City.

GHG Inventory Training Series: Type 2 Sectors

Registration information

Topic: Monterey Bay Area GHG Inventory Training Series: Type 2 Sectors
Host: ICLEI USA
Date and Time:
September 8, 2009 12:30 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
September 8, 2009 12:30 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
Event number: 666 505 316
Registration ID: This event does not require a registration ID
Event password: AMBAG98

Type 2 Sectors: Less common,more complicated, but doable

***PPT presentation to be emailed afterwards

Methane Recovery Factor: Take 75% but raise any concerns

FOD Model Tool-contact speaker for today

Kick-Off Workshop

MEETING LOCATION
Casa Fuente Building
450 Pacific Street
Monterey, CA 93940

Wed Sept 2 2009 @ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

TRAINING REGION AND PARTICIPANTS
Monterey Bay Area Local Government Staff and its graduate students

EXPECTATIONS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Acquire technical knowledge, familiarity with software tools, and hands-on support to complete professional-quality greenhouse gas emission inventory according LGOP

PROJECT TASKS OR REPONSIBILITIES

• Gathering the energy and resource data needed to complete an LGOP-compliant inventory
• Organizing and conditioning the data in preparation for emission quantification
• ENtering the data in ICLEI's emission quantification program, the Clean Air and Climate protection (CACP) software
• Analyzing emission's data using ICLEI's tools
• Reporting the final emissions figures using ICLEI's standard inventory report template and power point presentation template, and
• Drafting preliminary policy recommendation on local government emission reduction strategies, commendurate with the findings of the inventory report and the unique charateristics of the given jurisdiction

CONTACT INFORMATION
GRADUATE INTERN: Foy Hubert (831-383-3144), foy.hubert@exchange.miis.edu
JURISDICTION: City of Sand City
Government Agency Staff: Chuck Pooler, Associate Planner, (831) 394-6700 x16, chuck@sandcity.org
Wesley Look, program Officer, 510-844-0699x322, wesley.look@iclei.org
AMBAG ENERGY WATCH
Elizabeth Russle, Special Project manager, 831-588-1694, erussel@ambag.org
Emiley Schell, Assistant Special Project Manager, 831-601-5395, eschell@ambag.org
Lauren Wygonski, Special Projecy Associate, 508-873-4661, lwygonski@ambag.org
AMBAG ENERGY WATCH OFFICE: Tel 831-883-3750 Fax 831-883-3755

THREE MONTHS DURATION: September - November 2009
THREE PARTNERING ORGANIZERS:

1. Association of Monterey Bay Area Government (AMBAG)
2. ICLEI-Local Government for Sustainability
3. Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

PROJECT GOAL: Completion of green house gas (ghg) emission inventory for local governement operations using Local Government Operation Protocol (LGOP)

KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM KICK-OFF MEETING
Familiarity with Master Data Workbook via hands-on work-session
Determining which facilities and operations to inventory-common scenario inventories
LGOP Recommendation: "Operational Control" defines facilitie and operations to inventory

LGOP BRIEFS
Accounting GHG methodologies
Official standard for all local government in the US wishing to quantify and report ghg emission
Four collaorating partners: ICLEI, California Air Resource Board (ARB), California Action Climate Registry (CCAR), The Climate Registry (TCR)


My To Dos & Instructions

• Complete inventory Checklist
  Print LGOP Recommended text
• Hands-on work-session rehearsal
• What type of data is available in Sand City
• Identity and understanding various LGOP-methods for estimating emission facilties and operations in Sand City
• Identify best approximation method of emission from relevant sectors that has no quantifying LGOP method
• Collect real-life data from Sand City local government
• Schedule questions with AMBAG 24 hrs before scheduled Q & A session

• ICLEI Tools and Trainings
• Clean Air Climate Protection (CACP) Software
• Decision Support Tool (CAPPA)
• GHG Protocols
• Skills Trainings

Questions Requiring Follow-up

AMBAG GHG Blog

The purpose of the AMBAG ICLEI Internship is to provide the Greenhouse Gas Emissions calculations for the Monterey Peninsula Jurisdictions. The blog allows students, jurisdictional staff, ICLEI staff and AMBAG staff to engage in a dialogue about the data collection, analysis and reports of GHG emissions for the region. The GHG AMBAG blog allows members to focus their questions and concerns in a communal forum. All posts and comments are to be made relevant and appropriate to the project and we encourage all to participate.