Baltimore County has longtime nationally been recognized for it's leadership in natural resource protection and emphasized the need to be proactive in reducing the impact on our environment. The area that has been of most concern is the climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions. Proactively David Carroll, Director of Sustainability took the first step in developing the county's strategy by collecting inventory on the current generated gas emissions throughout the county. This includes County government operations, residential and commercial sectors. Below is a detailed chart listing the gas emission inventory results from 2006. 2006 Community Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Results | Year | 2006 | Metric Tons eCO2 | Percent | | Residential | 3.5 Billion kWh | 3,195,697 | 27.7 | | Commercial | 2.2 Billion kWh | 2,331,496 | 20.0 | | Industrial | 1.3 Billion kWh | 956,473 | 8.3 | | Transportation | 8.3 Billion VMTs | 4,897,796 | 42.4 | | Waste | 763,000 tons | 166,805 | 1.4 | | Total | | 11,548,267 | 100 | | Population | | 787,762 | | | per capita Emissions | | 14.66 | |
Inventory conducted by Paty Brady through her Masters Program at Towson University After reviewing the results, government operations hold a 1.24 percent contribution to the total emissions countywide. Of government operations, the most energy usage is from government buildings and wastewater pumping to treatment facilities. Below is a detailed chart of the county government emission inventory. | Year 2006 | Annual Usage | MTons eCO2 | Percent | | Buildings | 55 million kWh | 36,629 | 27.8 | | Vehicle Feet | 23 million VMT | 20,162 | 14.1 | | Emp. Commute | 46 million VMT | 24,820 | 17.4 | | St. Lights/Signals | 30 million kWh | 18,854 | 13.2 | | Waste-Water | 43 billion gals | 38,665 | 27.1 | | Waste | 2500 tons | 572 | 0.4 | | Government Emissions | | 142,701 | 100.0 | | Community Emissions | | 11,548,267 | |
Inventory conducted by Pat Brady through her Masters Program at Towson University Revised November 10, 2009
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