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L City,/ Louisill COLORADO - SINCE 1878 CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA ITEM 2 SUBJECT: DISCUSSION/DIRECTION — BOULDER COUNTY GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY DATE: JULY 10, 2018 PRESENTED BY: KATIE BAUM, SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR EMILY HOGAN, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER SUMMARY: In 2017, Boulder County hired a consultant to complete the 2016 greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory countywide, revisit the County's sustainability goals and develop strategies for GHG emission reductions. This represents the third update of this report - the County initially conducted the inventory of GHG emissions in 2005 and updated it in 2011. The purpose of the inventory is to address climate change, starting at the local level, and to understand GHG emissions as a community. A greenhouse gas inventory provides a full accounting of the sources of carbon pollution within a geographic area. The GHG inventory helps to identify sources of emissions and track progress over time. Local governments have an important role in tracking emissions over time, aggregating comparable data and taking local action. Boulder County contracted with Lotus Engineering and Sustainability, LLC to complete the 2016 inventory and Lotus provided a final report as a deliverable to the County. At its June meeting, Lea Yancey, Boulder County Community Sustainability Specialist, provided an update to the Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board (LSAB) that the findings of the GHG inventory and GHG reduction strategies were now available. LSAB requested that the County come back to provide an overview to Council once the complete findings of the inventory were made available. Boulder County will provide an overview of the GHG Inventory for City Council. The report provides information that informs the City's work in implementing the Sustainability Action Plan, specifically relating to the performance measure for the sustainability sub -program "Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per capita from home energy consumption." The City of Louisville has also identified some greenhouse gas reduction strategies, outlined in the Sustainability Work Plan as the Top Recommended Actions for 2018- 2019: • Evaluate the adoption of updated building codes to the further advancement of energy efficiency in new buildings. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION 2