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Cabinet Member Report for Carbon Footprint 200910 enc. 1.5

APPENDIX A: WEATHER CORRECTED EMISSIONS

 

The carbon emissions for 2009/10 presented below include a weather correction calculation that is applied to the carbon emissions created from the consumption of natural gas to take account of the weather experienced during the time period the data relates to. They are useful as a comparison to the absolute emissions presented in the report as they indicate possible factors affecting our emissions data.

 

Table 1: Breakdown of CO2 emissions (weather corrected)

 

 

Annual Emissions

Comparison

CO2 Emissions (tonnes)

2008/09

2009/10

Change

% Change

 

 

 

 

 

Buildings

 

 

 

 

Examples:

 

 

 

 

Mote Park Leisure Centre Gas

1,194.52

794.62

-399.89

-33.48%

Mote Park Leisure Centre Electricity

184.87

248.51

63.63

34.42%

Hazlitt Theatre Gas

120.59

99.89

-20.70

-17.17%

Hazlitt Theatre Electricity

118.24

118.18

-0.06

-0.05%

Maidstone Museum Gas

84.64

88.90

4.25

5.02%

Maidstone Museum Electricity

82.99

83.51

0.52

0.63%

Public Conveniences Electricity

59.49

56.90

-2.58

-4.34%

Main Offices Gas

94.87

83.73

-11.14

-11.74%

Main Offices Electricity

498.36

516.94

18.58

3.73%

 

 

 

 

 

Total Emissions from electricity use

2,244.01

2,179.53

-64.48

-2.87%

Total Emissions from fossil fuel consumption

1,803.56

1,328.82

-474.74

-26.32%

Total Emissions from buildings

4,047.56

3,508.35

-539.22

-13.32%

 

 

 

 

 

Vehicles

 

 

 

 

Examples:

 

 

 

 

Waste Collection Service

1,092.71

927.73

-164.98

-15.10%

Maidstone Borough Services

499.96

483.06

-16.90

-3.38%

Pool Cars

3.66

3.60

-0.06

-1.51%

Casual, Essential and Lease Car users

60.35

67.88

7.53

12.48%

 

 

 

 

 

Total Emissions from service vehicle fleet

1,956.78

1,799.13

-157.65

-8.06%

Total Emissions from business travel

67.05

77.80

10.76

16.04%

Total Emissions from vehicles

2,023.82

1,876.93

-146.89

-7.26%

 

 

 

 

 

Total Emissions

6,071.39

5,385.28

-686.11

-11.30%

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1: Total CO2 emissions since baseline year

 

 

Figure 2: Total CO2 emissions from buildings and transport