GHG and Materials Management
Conventional vs. Systems- Based GHG Accounting Conventional GHG Accounting
Good for showing end- of-pipe opportunities. Consumer activities are invisible, “embedded”. Systems-Based GHG Accounting
Material Management Policies
Better for understanding impacts of consumption
Better for directing education, and driving individual action. + ~3-21% “Embodied Emissions of Trade”(Net) (Weber and Matthews, 2007) Accounting for a Plastic Pitcher
Where do embodied GHG from this go? Accounting for a Plastic Pitcher
Material Management Policies GHG Benefits of MM Strategies Life cycle
Get Raw Prepare Manufacture Dispose of Use Product Materials Materials Product Product Life cycle -- Recycling
Get Raw Prepare Manufacture Dispose of Use Product Materials Materials Product Product Life cycle -- Reuse
Get Raw Prepare Manufacture Dispose of Use Product Materials Materials Product Product Life cycle -- Reduce
Get Raw Prepare Manufacture Dispose of Use Product Materials Materials Product Product How does Reduce, Reuse, Recycle relate to this? Highlights connection between GHG and resource Here consumption via Provision of Goods and Provision of Food categories.
Puts focus upstream, on
“materials management” Instead of Here rather than “waste management.” Implications of Systems-Based Accounting Increases funding. Federal money is available for reduction & recycling. Reveals the connection between products and GHG. Engages citizens. Provides additional measure/environmental impact of our work WARM EPA Report Available Online
Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices
www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ghg_land_and_materials_management.pdf Tools for communicating about GHG emissions
Two useful websites can help connect GHG to reduction and recycling: WARM can convert reduction and recycling management methods to GHG Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator can convert GHG into miles driven, trees saved, energy from homes, etc Tools for communicating about GHG emissions -- weblinks
EPA GHG Equivalencies Calculator: www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy- resources/calculator.html Waste Reduction Model (WARM) www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/ calculators/Warm_home.html Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grants $6.3 Million Available in Minnesota through the General Innovation Fund for Ineligible Entities. Focus on strategies which: - are highly leveraged - are broadly replicable and scalable - can be self-sustaining beyond the 3-yr funding period. Funds available from DOE and MN Dept of Commerce DOE is now accepting applications for up to $454 million in EECBG competitive grants. The competitive grants Funding Opportunity Announcement was issued on October 19, 2009 and applications will be accepted through grants.gov until December 14 2009. Funds available from DOE and MN Dept of Commerce MPCA recommends contacting funding agencies directly. MN Dept of Commerce, Office of Energy Security, will issue call for applications in Nov or early Dec. There will be 45 days for application. Eligible Projects
Material Conservation Programs including source reduction, recycling, and recycled content procurement programs. Eligible Applicants • Eligible are units of local government and Indian tribes that are not eligible for the direct formula grants
• Counties < 250,000 and Cities < 35,000 were eligible for the direct formula grants Application Scoring
Project Impact (60%): Leverages dollars. Results in permanent capacity. Highly replicable. Jobs created and retained in short and long term. Energy saved per federal dollar invested. Application Scoring
Project Approach and Implementation (40%) Quality of project. Degree of measured accomplishments, savings, and emissions. Ideas for Projects? For More information. . .
www.eecbg.energy.gov
Minnesota Department of Commerce Webpage – search “Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants” Tim Farnan Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North St Paul MN 55155 651.757.2348 [email protected]
Madalyn Cioci Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North St Paul MN 55155 651.757.2276 [email protected]