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Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Knowing your Office’s Carbon Footprint
Karen HoBusiness Engagement Leader, ClimateWWF-Hong Kong
Solution for a living planet!
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
• Global conservation organization• Activities in more than 100 countries• The Hong Kong office was established in 1981
Who are we?
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Our mission
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
• Why is it relevant to you?• What is carbon accounting/ carbon footprinting? • What are the sources of emissions in offices?• How LOOP* helps reduce your office’s carbon
footprint? How does the labelling scheme work?• How can you be part of the solution?
* LOOP = Low-carbon Office Operation Programme
Low carbon office, why, what & how?
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
• Why is it relevant to you?• What is carbon accounting/ carbon footprinting? • What are the sources of emissions in offices?• How LOOP* helps reduce your office’s carbon
footprint? How does the labelling scheme work?• How can you be part of the solution?
* LOOP = Low-carbon Office Operation Programme
Low carbon office, why, what & how?
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Commercial 37%
Residential19%
Transport36%
Industry8%
Source: EMSD, 2007
Space Conditioning,
48%
Office Equipment,
22%
Lighting , 19%
Others, 11%
Energy consumption by sector
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
• Why is it relevant to you?• What is carbon accounting/ carbon footprinting? • What are the sources of emissions in offices?• How LOOP* helps reduce your office’s carbon
footprint? How does the labelling scheme work?• How can you be part of the solution?
* LOOP = Low-carbon Office Operation Programme
Low carbon office, why, what & how?
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
• Carbon accounting is the process by which greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion are calculated.
DefineBoundary
CompileGHG
Inventory
CollectActivity
Data
Activity Data x Emission Factor = GHG emissions
Carbon accounting
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Earth's most abundant greenhouse gases are:Water vapour 水蒸氣
Carbon dioxide (CO2 二氧化碳 )Methane (CH4 甲烷 )
Nitrous oxide (N2O 氧化亞氮 )Ozone 臭氧
Fluorinated compounds 含氟化合物 (SF6 六氟化硫 , HFCs 氟化烴 , PFCs 全氟化碳 )
Source of emissions
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• Greenhouse gas emissions are usually reported in tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e). Global Warming Potential (GWP) are used to calculate the CO2 equivalent of other greenhouse gases.
• A bottle of refrigerant = 30 tonnes CO2e [HFC134a,22.7kg]• A fire extinguisher = 479 tonnes CO2e [FM200,126kg]• One kilowatt hour =
• 0.9987 kg CO2e in South China • 1.0069 kg CO2e in North China• 0.742 kg CO2e in Hong Kong Island• 0.57 kg in Kowloon and New Territories
• A round trip between Beijing and Hong Kong = 0.45tonnes CO2e
Source of Emissions
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Scope 1 is the direct GHG emissions occur from sources that are owned or controlled by
the companies
Scope 2 accounts for indirect GHG emissions from the generation of purchased
electricity, steam, and heating/cooling.
Scope 3 is all the other indirect GHG emissions
such as employees business travel, employees
commuting to and from work, use of sold products
or services, etc…
Source of emissions
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
• Why is it relevant to you?• What is carbon accounting/ carbon footprinting? • What are the sources of emissions in offices?• How LOOP* helps reduce your office’s carbon
footprint? How does the labelling scheme work?• How can you be part of the solution?
* LOOP = Low-carbon Office Operation Programme
Low carbon office, why, what & how?
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
How LOOP helps reduce your office’s carbon footprint
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
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Commit
1. Commit to act on climate change2. Appraise current situation3. Identify opportunity for emission reduction4. Formulate climate policy, strategy and action
plan
Calculate
1. Define organizational boundary2. Build greenhouse gas inventory list 3. Calculate greenhouse gas emission generated
from office operations4. Set up baseline measurement5. Monitor carbon performance
Self Evaluation QuestionnaireLow Carbon Office Guide
Cut1. Set up reduction target2. Implement action plan to improve carbon performance 3. Encourage staff to participate in the whole process4. Commission third party verification and certification
“ GHG-easy” calculation“GHG-easy” report
Communicate
1. Engage staff to take action on carbon emission reduction
2. Encourage business partners to participate in LOOP
3. Communicate company’s carbon performance with staff
4. Disseminate company’s carbon performance in public speaking, media advertising or annual report
LOOP Best Practice Sharing Low Carbon Living Appliances Guide
LOOP Labeling Scheme
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Self EvaluationQuestionnaire
1. * Do you keep utilities bills / record for your company / office 您有保留 貴公司/ 辦公室的水電費單據/ 紀錄嗎?
Electricity bill 電費: consumption in kWh per month (meter reading units / multi factor) 每月耗電量以千瓦小時為單位(抄表單位/讀表倍數) Yes是 No否
Water bill 水費: consumption in cubic meter per month每月耗水量以立方米為單位 Yes是 No否
Towngas bill煤氣費 / LPG bill石油氣費: consumption in joules per month每月耗用量以兆焦耳為單位 Yes是 No否
Yes
是
No
否
2. * Have environmental or energy saving features been considered when selecting computer and office equipment在選擇電腦和辦公室設備時 ,有否考慮到該設備有沒有環保或節能的功能呢?
Yes是
No否
3. * Do you know how much electricity (in kWh) your office air-conditioning consume 您是否知道辦公室的空調耗電量(千瓦時)?
*Please check “no” if your office air-conditioning is managed by the property management company which is not able to supply relevant data.如果辦公室的空調是由物業管理公司管理,而物業管理公司並不能提供有關數據的話,請選擇“否”.
Yes是
No否
4. * Is traveling distance per trip recorded 貴公司是否有紀錄每次旅程的飛行距離?
Yes是
No否
5. * Are traveling patterns (combination of transportation modes) of staff commuting to work recorded / surveyed員工上下班的交通模式會被記錄/調查嗎?
Yes是
No否
6. * Is there record tracking paper consumption in the company / office貴公司/辦公室裡是否有記錄紙張耗用量?
Yes是
No否
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint LOOP GHG-easy
https://loop.wwf.org.hk/Login.aspx
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
“GHG-easy” Calculation – Company-owned Vehicle
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
“GHG-easy” Calculation – Lighting
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
“GHG-easy” Report
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint Emissions Trend is Important!
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Best Practices Sharing
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Behavioural Adaptation
Innovative Technology
Management Policy
Change Focus
Behavioural Adaptation
Innovative Technology
Management Policy
Change Focus
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Policies - Technologies - Behavioural Changes
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Performance Criteria1. Commitment – policy and goal setting max.18 credits2. Calculation – measurement and monitoring max.24 credits3. Cut – carbon reduction strategy and action max.30 credits4. Communication – internal and external max.18 credits5. Other merits max.10 credits
Labelling scheme
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
July 2010 June 2011 Sep 2011 Nov 2011
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
• Why is it relevant to you?• What is carbon accounting/ carbon footprinting? • What are the sources of emissions in offices?• How LOOP* helps reduce your office’s carbon
footprint? How does the labelling scheme work?• How can you be part of the solution?
* LOOP = Low-carbon Office Operation Programme
Low carbon office, why, what & how?
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
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>60 offices from local and international companies have joined
LOOP
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LOOP companies (by industry)
Banking, insurance & other financial services Building, construction & property developmentChemical & biotechnology Electronics & electricalsFood & beverage Import & export tradeInformation Technology Services Logistics & transportationManufacturing & Construction - Others MediaPrinting & publishing Professional servicesReal estate Service sector - OthersSocial services (non-profit agencies) TelecommunicationTextile & clothing Toys
33% joined LOOP to
support their corporate
global climate change
initiatives
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
The first 14 corporations completed the LOOP labeling process
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Carbon management performance
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Average credit of verified offices Maximum credit
55.70Average carbon
performance scores of 14
offices qualified to move to LOOP
Labelling assessment
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Karen HoBusiness Engagement Leader, Climatekho@wwf.org.hk
Knowing your Office’sCarbon Footprint
Office behaviour observation