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Blaby District Council

… and other greenhouse gas emissions come from a variety of sources. Some are naturally occurring processes and others from activities in our homes, transport and businesses. Carbon emissions, especially those that we can measure, generally come from the use of energy for heating, vehicles, motors, machinery and appliances. Some of these, like traditional cars or gas boilers, have direct emissions…

… before they are used to power the transport mode. Scope 1 – All Direct Emissions from the activities of an organisation or under their control. This includes fuel combustion on site, from owned vehicles and fugitive emissions. Scope 2 – Indirect Emissions from electricity purchased and used by the organisation. Emissions will be created during the production of the energy…

…: •Scope 1 (Direct emissions) GHG emissions from sources located within the district boundary •Scope 2 (Indirect emissions) GHG emissions occurring as a consequence of the use of grid-supplied electricity, heat, steam and/or cooling within the district boundary but purchased from outside the boundary. •Scope 3 All other indirect emissions from activities and their lifecycles that occur…

… boundary. This means establishing what activities and functions are counted (or ‘in scope’) for the purpose of determining the Council’s overall emissions, and by default what activities and functions are not counted (‘out of scope’). This stage of the process involves reviewing the Council’s operations to determine activities that give rise to carbon emissions. As district council…

… is a fixed point against which a reduction target can be set and future performance monitored. Emission releasing activities are classified into three groups known as scopes. These scopes and their relevant associated activities are defined in the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, as follows: Table 3: GHG Emission scopes and associated emission releasing activities (BEIS,2019a) Scope Definition…