WHAT IS A GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY?

HOW DOES IT HELP?

It provides an overall measurement of Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHGs), and contributing elements.

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"It’s like weighing yourself before starting a weight loss program — you can’t improve what you can’t measure..."

It helps to find the "low-hanging fruit" — and focus reduction efforts on biggest impacts, best ways to apply scarce resources cost-effectively.



Two inventories have been developed: inventory

  1. Municipal Inventory Report
    • city owned and operated assets, e.g., city buildings and vehicles
    • baseline year 2005
    • Los Altos Municipal GHG Report by ICLEI, September 2009
  2. Community Inventory Report
    • all residential and business-related activity
    • baseline year 2005
    • Report developed by Los Altos Environmental Commission, April 2010