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Local government has an important leadership role to play in responding to the challenges of climate change through community engagement, adaptation and emissions abatement strategies. This process begins with effective measurement and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and energy production.
The Western Australian Local Government Association has recognised a significant gap in Local Governments’ ability to collect and report greenhouse gas emissions data following the termination of the Cities for Climate Protection Program and the absence of a dedicated Local Government reporting system.
To ensure that councils have a robust and consistent reporting framework with which they can meet both their mandatory and voluntary reporting requirements we have worked with WALGA, to develop a sector-wide Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Abatement Platform that is specific to Local Government needs.
The platform allows councils to track and monitor their emissions and energy use, providing a simple to use interface to input raw data such as electricity consumed or fuel purchased. The platform then completes all required calculations to determine the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from council activities. The resulting emissions data can be visualised and analysed using interactive charts, enabling councils to quickly identify trends and highlight emissions or energy intensive parts of their operations.
Mark Wong from the City of Geraldton-Greenough was involved in the pilot.
“The Platform has provided a simple, yet effective means of capturing the City’s emissions profile from a host of Local Government facilities that the City owns and operates. In addition to achieving various compliance and reporting obligations, the platform has helped identify the larger emitters and energy intensive areas, making Officers aware of potential financial savings in these areas through efficiency improvement measures.”
We’re very proud to be involved in this initiative and we’ll be working closely with WALGA to roll-out the platform across the state in 2010. The platform is suitable for other associations or industry groups that have an interest in working together to manage greenhouse gas emissions.
Greensense provides a range of technology solutions for emissions reporting and real time energy monitoring. For more information please contact me on +61 403 068 271.
