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To confront and mitigate the potential impact of climate change, GHG emissions management has been generally recognized as the specific practice in response to future development trend and control of regulation. Public sectors, in coordination with nation’s overall policy of energy conservation & carbon reduction, should actively implement GHG inventory and carbon reduction for organization and activities, directing efforts toward carbon neutrality. This study focuses carbon footprint inventory on Pingxi Clean Team garbage removals and Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival activities to analyze and explore GHG emissions sources. New Taipei City Environmental Protection Bureau
Organizational inventory of Pingxi Clean Team based on available data of 2011, covering garbage removals area by Pingxi Clean Team, amounted to 133,715.5 kg CO2e. Scope 1, 2 and 3 proportionate67.1%, 9.4% and 23.5% respectively. It reveals that the main GHG emissions source are transportation vehicles (diesel) accounted for 46.2%, transportation vehicles (gasoline) stand 13.4%, the employees transport vehicles (gasoline) reached to 23.5%, and electricity use was 9.4%.
Carbon footprint inventory of Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival Event based on the latest available data of 2013, covering area by Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival activities, amounted to 57,930.6 kg CO2e. Scope 1, 2 and 3 proportionate 90.3%, 0.1%, and 9.6% respectively.Main GHG emissions source are transportation vehicles (diesel) accounted for 50.2%, stems from discharging sky lanterns (kerosene) accounted for 1.2%, while electricity use accounted for 0.1%.
The analysis result is referable for New Taipei City setting future GHG reduction measures. In regard to garbage removals, the improvement can be fulfilled by planning garbage trucks maintenance and service routes. As for Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival activities, it is necessary to find substituent for kerosene. When holding Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival activities in the future, public sectors should take account of environmental impact, despite of immediate benefits from economic & tourism development. Acting on the premise of environmental conservation and respect for local culture, economic profits via activities must feed back to the maintenance of environmental systems so as to ensure the sustainable development of activities. Consequently, it is recommended to introduce ISO 20121 as early as possible to reduce carbon footprint, resource use and cost savings.
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