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