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PROJECT NEUTRALTransitioning neighbourhoods to carbon neutrality.One neighbourhood at a time.
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HOUSEHOLD REPORTSGoal: To inform households about theircarbon footprint and motivate them to reduce
that footprint
Goal of this talk: To explain the reports andanswer questions concerning the reports
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NOT THE FOCUS OF MY TALKFuture Monthly Workshops: Helpindividuals and households and the
community take action to reduce their footprint
Neighbourhood Summit in June: Help todevelop strategies at the neighbourhood level
for reducing the carbon footprint
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THE REPORT TEAMI constructed the report, but many others areinvolved:
Initial analysis and first draft: Ashley Smith Methodology: Dave Bristow and Kevin Tse
Design: Cassandra Alves
Everything else: Project Neutral staff andneighbourhood volunteers
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OVERVIEW The Survey
Average Carbon Footprint for the Junction
Tips
Footprint breakdown by category
Comparisons
What we have learned
Thanks and Questions
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BACKGROUND: THE SURVEY Asked questions about household energy,transportation, water and food, and tree
coverage Completed by over 120 households
Gives us a baseline to work against
Was challenging to complete
it'll be betternext year
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SURVEY MAP
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YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINTAverage footprint per household for the Junction: 17.5 tonnes CO2e
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TIPS Reports contain tips tailored to eachhousehold
Some tips are easier than others
Some are cheap, some expensive
Tips are only the beginning workshops will
go in depth
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HOUSEHOLD ENERGY Electricity, natural gas and oil
Includes water heating
Junction average: 5.8 t CO2eq, 33% offootprint
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HOUSEHOLD ENERGY TIPS Upgrade insulation
Seal air leaks
Use a renewable energy supplier (additionalexpense approximately $1/day)
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TRANSPORTATION Personal vehicles, flights and publictransport
Considered type of vehicle, length of flights,
mode of public transport
Junction average: 11.5 t CO2e, or 66% offootprint
Biggest potential for savings
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TRANSPORTATION TIPS Reduce driving
Reduce flights and/or offset carbon
If you need a new car, consider a hybrid
Substitute with more public transit use
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WATER Transportation of your water, not heating
We may incorporate water heating into this
category next time Junction average: 0.1 t CO2e, < 1%
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WATER TIPS Install a high efficiency water heater
Reduce water usage by 15%. Some of:
shorter showers, low flow faucets andshowerheads, upgrade to efficient washingmachines and/or dishwasher
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HIGH IMPACT FOOD Home groceries only
Butter, milk, beef, seafood, poultry and pork
High carbon because of feed, chemicalfertilizer, gas, pesticides and water usageassociated with production
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HIGH IMPACT FOOD TIPS
Source: Environmental Working Group, http://www.ewg.org/
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COMPARISONS Saying your carbon footprint is 16 tonnesper year is hard to put into context
Comparisons to your neighbours,
households in Toronto, Canadians, givesmore context
Visual imagery helps too: black balloons
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BLACK BALLOONSYour footprint is equivalent to filling 1000000balloons with CO2 in one year, or about 1.9
balloons per minute
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZLDPEQzlck
Reference: Alliance for Climate Protection
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NEIGHBOURS
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RIVERDALE Per capita vs Per household comparison
Average Household Footprint in CO2e
Average Footprint per person in CO2e
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TORONTO
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TORONTO vs PN
Average Footprint Per Person without Flights, Water or Food
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CANADA Canada is a diverse country
No computed Canadian average applies
Many include industrial emissions: e.g. 24tonnes CO2e per year (EnvironmentCanada's inventory divided by Canadianpopulation)
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CARBON OFFSETS Trees sequester about 1 tonne of CO2 inlifetime
Buying offsets: many organizations to
choose from
Workshop on offsets
Idea: getting carbon offsets by contributingto neighbourhood projects in the Junction
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WHAT WE LEARNED Survey needs to be shorter, clearer, havemore error checking
Need to be able to get a new report if things
change or were wrong
Faster turn around time for the report, ideallyreal-time
Caveat: we do not have the capacity domake these changes right now
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THANKS TO OUR COLLABORATORS
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QUESTIONS!