2016-10-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 8 - Delegations of Authority

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        11 OCTOBER 2016


The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGERA) & Regulations and the
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008 establish the
legislative framework for a national greenhouse and energy reporting system. The legislation and
technical guidelines have been aligned with international standards so that there is a single
approach. Council’s method will be to align with existing standards to provide consistency and to
reduce risk in the event of legislative change.

The BZE report (corrected) indicates that Council’s emissions by scope are as follows:

Table 2: Summary of Noosa Council’s GHG emissions by scope

            Scope and sector                 GHG Emissions (tonnes CO2e)
 Scope 1
 Waste (Landfill Operations)                                                  4,609
 Liquid-fuel (non-transport)                                                    205
 Transport                                                                      628
 Scope 1 Total                                                               (5442)
 Scope 2
 Buildings – electricity                                                       2,799
 Buildings – gas                                                                  32
 Street lights (council owned)                                                   167
 Scope 2 Total                                                               (2,998)
 Scope 3
 Out-sourced activities (goods &                                                341
 services; contracted or leased
 activities)
 Street lights (non-council owned)                                             1932
 Scope 3 Total                                                               (2273)
 TOTAL                                                                       10,713



   Figure 2: Noosa Council's GHG emissions x scope




                                                       Scope 1 - Direct Emissions
               21%


                                                       Scope 2 - Purchased
                                                       Energy
                                     51%

                                                       Scope 3 - Embedded
             28%
                                                       Emissions (Goods &
                                                       Services)




The above graph demonstrates that the bulk of emissions come from scope 1 activities with
fugitive emissions from waste landfill being the highest source of emissions.

There are gaps in the data for scope 3 activities and there is a need to continually improve the
capture of this information.


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