Regional and Community Methodologies | Simon Gerrard
- 1. Carbon Counting – Regional & Community Methodologies Dr Simon Gerrard CRed Programme Manager
- 2. Overview Why count carbon – the CRed perspective? Who counts carbon? How CRed counts carbon Issues arising
- 4. By the People or For the People? Who is doing the counting? Who are the people? Relationship to and ownership of the results
- 5. 8 Financially Burdened 1 Environmentally Mature 2 Educated Advocates 3 Discerning Elders 4 Comfortable Conservatives 5 Little Britain 6 Restful Retirement 7 Driving Dependency 9 Ethnic Tradition 10 Fixed Horizons High consumers of HH and vehicle energy. Critical Gp in next few yrs as lifestyle will develop to larger homes and more cars Energy bills still quite high. Moderate vehicle ownership HH and vehicle emissions above average – scope for reducing emissions HH & vehicle emissions not high. Below average attitude towards environment Those that are independent will want to save money & so potentially interested in saving energy Relatively new houses with lowest CO2 emission score New large housing. Demands of family make energy consumption relatively high High proportion of extended families resulting in high energy consumption CO2 emissions just below average. Vehicle ownership low
- 6. Passive or Active Engagement Passive implies ‘business as usual’ in terms of behaviour - unrealistic Active implies significant long-term behavioural change
- 8. Engage Audit Report Introduction to Solutions Action Plan (Pledge) Evaluation (Carbon Monitor) Award Raising Awareness Taking Action Evaluation Stimulating Greater Change Innovation & Best Practice Carbon Counting
- 10. The CRed Approach - Evaluation
- 11. The CRed Approach – Success Factors Pledge Fail Succeed Evaluation Success Factor
- 12. Progress to Date 126,070 pledges ≈ 42,000 individuals 67,000 tonnes CO 2 per year
- 13. Paralysis by Analysis How accurate do we need to be? Herbert Simon’s principle of satisficing
- 14. Falling into the Deficit Model Trap Carbon!!!
- 15. Links to Climate Science Dealing with uncertainty…… How to incorporate changes in accuracy? How to deal with large ranges in estimations? How to cope with revisions in carbon calculations?
- 16. Conclusions Don’t lose sight of the reasons for carbon calculation Retain a focus on who will be using the calculations and for what purpose Securing behavioural change will be quicker if individuals and communities are engaged and active