Chula Vista 2020
Greenhouse Gas
Inventories
City Council
August 23rd, 2022
Climate Change Impacts
2 “in 2053, the West will have the highest chance for long durations with "local hot days," which are days that exceed the temperatures typically experienced for a particular area.” www.axios.com/2022/08/15/extreme-heat-belt-global-warming Municipal and Community
Inventories Community Inventory
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from
community activity, including a portion of
out of jurisdictions transportation
Municipal Inventory
Emissions from City operations such as
building energy usage, fleet fuels, waste,
water and other resources used for City
operations.
GHG inventories include direct emissions
and do not include embedded energy in
non-water resources used.
3 Methodologies
4 Community Inventory
Partners with SANDAG and EPIC through the
ReCAP Regional Climate Action Planning
Framework
Municipal Inventory
Utilizes ICLEI Clear Path tool
www.sandag.org/climate
Municipal
Emissions1
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Total emissions Per Employee
emissions
- 10% above 2018 - 16% below 2018
- 67% below 1990 - 76% below 1990
Municipal Emission
Sources
7 Buildings…………………………….………… 35.03%
Solid Waste…………………………………. 26.22%
Vehicle Fleet ………………………………. 23.08%
External Lights…………………………. 9.64%
Potable/Recycled Water
(embedded energy) …………………. 5.89%
Sewage…………………………………………. 0.14%
Buildings
8 Projects
● Activation of solar PV to bring total up
to 4.5 MW, but no batteries operating in
2020
● The Energy Goals Campaign
● San Diego Community Power 100%
renewable
● Icarus Hybrid Photovoltaic/Thermal
Solar
Emissions:
● 7% below 2018
● 5% above 1990
Vehicle Fleet
9 Projects
● 33% of fleet is Alternative fuel and
continue to expand evaluate new
models
● Continued growth of employee EV
charging (not included in fleet
inventory)
Notes
● Negative impacts on Covid-19 include
need for personal distance in cars
Emissions:
● 47% above 2018
● 45% below 1990
Community
Emissions2
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Total emissions
● 4% below 2018
● 17% below 2005
Population
● 2% above 2018
(+4,142)
● 25% above 2005
(+54,659)
Per Capita emissions
● 6% below 2018
● 33% below 2005
Transportation
12 Covid-19 impacts
affected the
reductions and
most will rebound
Emissions:
● 13% below 2018
● 19% below 2005
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-
almanac/zero-emission-vehicle-and-infrastructure-
statistics
Energy
13 Emissions:
● 10% above 2018
● 4% below 2005
● Recent increase mainly from electricity,
although we saw a 1% reduction in usage
● Natural gas continues to be the only
sector above its 2005 baseline
https://sdcommunitypower.org/resourc
es/key-documents
With carbon
concentrations above
420 PPM, there is no
“safe” amount of
greenhouse gases to
emit
14 Climate Emergency Declaration:
www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/clea
n/conservation/climate-action-plan
Climate Emergency
15 ● Science-based
reduction target of
57% below 2018 by
2030 provided by
ICLEI
https://unfccc.int/climate-
action/race-to-zero-
campaign
Tracking
16 https://climatedata.sandag.org
Next Steps
17 ● San Diego Community Power (SDCP) enrolled all eligible customers at 55% GHG -free electricity, launched a 100% renewable rate and a Feed-In-Tariff program ● Promote the Sustainable Home Tool Kit (www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/clean/retrofit) and Electric Induction Cooktop (www.ehomecooktops.com) lending programs at the Chula Vista Library
● Update existing electric vehicle chargers at City facilities and install new chargers at a City owned lot near Third Avenue
● Implement Commercial and Multi-Family Benchmarking and Building Performance Ordinance ● Adoption of the Waste Reduction Strategic Plan, also referred to as the Zero Waste Plan, in March 2022
● Implement food waste collection program and expansion of compost use at municipal facilities ● Utilize the Climate Equity Index for program development THANK YOU!
Any questions?
Municipal: Yasemin Corrales
Community: Cory Downs
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