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Page 12 <br />GHG emissions decreased by 3%. The template from which communities can complete <br />comparable and standard emission inventories changed since Boulder County completed the last <br />two inventories. Therefore, if we compare only the emission sources that were in both 2005 and <br />2016 GHG inventories, Boulder County -wide emissions have been reduced by 18% between 2005 <br />and 2016. <br />However, Boulder Counties growth will lead to an increase in population and building square <br />footage that in turn will inevitably increase the amount of demand for electricity, natural gas, <br />gasoline, diesel, and goods. As a result, Boulder County, the municipalities, and all community <br />members will need to take effective action to continue to reduce GHG emissions countywide. <br />The 2016 inventory was completed using the framework provided by the Global Protocol for <br />Community -Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC), which is a global standard for <br />GHG emission accounting and reporting. The GPC was developed and launched in 2014 through <br />the collaboration of key stakeholders across the world and provides a template from which <br />communities can create comparable and standard emission inventories. <br />Overview of 2016 Emissions by Sector, Source, and Municipality <br />The 2016 Boulder County GHG inventory shows a total emission value of 4,873,034 metric tons <br />of carbon dioxide equivalent (mtCO2e). <br />Emissions from commercial and residential building energy use account for 60% of emissions <br />county -wide and emissions from transportation account for 31% of emissions county -wide. <br />Emissions from industrial processes, oil wells, agriculture, solid waste, and wastewater account <br />for the remaining 9% of emissions. Emissions for all sectors are shown in Figure ES- 1. <br />Figure ES- 1. 2016 Emissions by Sector <br />Wastewater <br />0.1% Waste <br />1% <br />Transportation <br />31% <br />Agriculture <br />1% <br />Pill' <br />Commercial <br />38% al <br />Oil Wells <br />Industrial Process 20 ° <br />5% <br />Emissions from electricity use and production comprised the highest proportion of emissions by <br />source (41%). Emissions from natural gas (excluding mobile usage) accounts for 18% of emissions. <br />13 <br />