Getting Started
Document Actions
Steps to Complete a Local Government Operations Inventory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Step 1: Read the Quick-Start Guide.
|
Quick-Start Guide to Conducting a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Forecast ICLEI's Quick-Start Guide gives you an overview of how and why to conduct a GHG emissions inventory for local government operations or your entire community. |
Training: Introduction to Conducting a GHG Emissions Inventory Learn the basics of GHG emissions inventories with ICLEI's three-part recorded training series developed for local government staff. |
Step 2: Familiarize yourself with national greenhouse gas protocols.
|
ICLEI has set the U.S. national standard for how to quantify and report local government GHG emissions. Follow these methods and use the Protocol document as a reference during your inventory process. |
Training: Local Government Operations Protocol 101 View this recorded training for an overview presentation of the Protocol with a Q&A session to help members understand how to follow the Protocol. |
Step 3: Gather your inventory data and ensure quality control.
|
Get an overview of the data collection process and quality control for your inventory, as well as the Master Data Workbook.
View the schedule of ICLEI's upcoming trainings or recorded trainings on data gathering and quality control. |
Use this workbook to gather and store data, create reports and tables, and perform quality control checks on resource usage data.
Use this template to collect data on municipal employees' commute. |
Step 4: Enter your data into ICLEI’s software, CACP 2009.
|
Get ICLEI's one-stop emissions management software used by hundreds of local governments and consultants to complete their inventories.
Detailed guidance on how to enter your inventory data into ICLEI's CACP 2009 software. |
View the schedule of ICLEI's upcoming or recorded trainings for sessions on data entry using CACP 2009.
Use this California Air Resources Board first-order decay landfill emissions tool to estimate GHG emissions in support of the Local Government Operations Protocol. |
Step 5: Ensure quality control of data within CACP 2009.
|
ICLEI Instructions: Quality Control How to set up a quality control process for your inventory, and what role CACP 2009 plays in this process.
|
|
Step 6: Export you data and create an inventory report.
|
An overview of the reporting process, and how to report your data using CACP 2009. |
Use ICLEI's template to create your inventory report to present a summary of your findings to the public and government stakeholders. |
Step 7: Send ICLEI your inventory report & data to receive a Milestone Award.
ICLEI wants to help you receive recognition for your achievement of completing a local government operations inventory. Send us your inventory for review to receive a Milestone One award.
Sharing your achievement with us also help us track climate progress across the country. We'll also upload your inventory to our online resource library so that other local governments can view and learn from your efforts.
To send ICLEI your inventory, contact your appropriate membership staff.
Additional Resources from EPA
Visit EPA's State and Local Climate and Energy Program website for even more guidance and tools to develop your greenhouse gas inventory.
