Maurizio Fauri Matteo Manica Antonio Visentin 26th Winter Universiade Trentino 2013 with "Zero Emissions" The project "Zero Emission Universiade" aims to remodel the “XXVI 2013 Winter Universiade Trentino” into a sustainable event, limiting and offsetting its related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Ambitious project, and it has never been applied to an edition of the Universiade before prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento • minimize the event’s environmental impact, promoting the reduction of energy consumption and waste, as well as the reuse of equipment and optimization of resources • compensate for unavoidable emissions with a number of initiatives aimed towards energy consumption reduction, having as ultimate goal the organization, operation and decommissioning of the sport event without increasing the overall level of greenhouse gas emissions • achieve a greater participation of the Community to the event • improve education and awareness about the environmental impact of the event, promoting a greater understanding of environmental protection issues prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento The project is divided into two phases: • Phase I accounting of CO2 emissions event • Phase II offsetting emissions Schematic mechanism of the event’s CO2 compensation prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento The counting of emissions has been done in accordance with the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach, considering: • all the organization • operation • decommissioning stages of the event and in accordance with the following international standards: • GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard • UNI EN ISO 14064-1:2012 "Greenhouse gases - Part 1: specification and guidelines, at the organization level, for the quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and their removal“ The adoption of these tools has allowed us to monitor greenhouse gas emissions following a standardized and transparent approach, which has facilitated the provision of analyses and comparisons over time prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento The calculation of emissions has strictly followed the methodology most commonly used in literature, which is based on the following relation: CO2 emissions = (Activity data) x (Emission factor) For the quantification of the emissions related to the event it was employed SimaPro 7.3 (of the most used commercial software) In the absence of primary data, the ECOINVENT v.2 Database was taken as reference For the calculation of CO2 equivalent emissions (carbon footprint) the IPCC GWP100 method was employed prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento GHG emissions Emissions Macro-stage event of CO eq. Percentages th 2 related to the 26 (tonnes) Universiade Trentino Pre-event organization 43 0,25% 2013 event amount to a Transportation 11.502 66,42% total of 17,300 t CO2eq Event 3.031 17,50% Post-event dismantling 7 0,04% Waste disposal 2.735 15,79% Total GHG emissions 17.318 100,00% prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento To achieve the "Zero Emissions" goal, the Universiade Organizing Committee has signed a Sustainability Manifesto, committing to implement a collection of best practices in order to minimize the overall environmental impact: • "paper free" Universiade • low impact public transportation • use of existing facilities and logistics, adapted when necessary to the occasion, many of which are already made from PEFC certified wood, i.e. from local forests managed in a legal and sustainable way • partial snowing of ski slopes with snow which has fallen last winter and has been accumulated under special protective tarpaulins to prevent summer melting prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento Steps to follow to join the project and calculate the CO2 savings from made commitments prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento Suggested actions to save energy and reduce emissions prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento A visible counter on the site home page is automatically updated by adding the contributions from all users (with partial sums for individual actions and overall amount) prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento Anyone who supports the initiative is given visibility on the Web Site Thanks to their commitment, anyone can download his personalized certificate as a "Climate Friend" prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento The environmental impact of the XXVI 2013 Winter Universiade Trentino can be quantified to a total of 17,300 tCO2eq A number of savings initiatives undertaken throughout the Province of Trento are offsetting these emissions with the aim of making possible a “Zero Emission” Universiade These saving initiatives, undertaken on a voluntary basis by individuals and public administrations, do not include investment costs, being mostly related to small changes in people’s habits and behaviour Rather, they often result in reduced energy bills prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento The project demonstrates the importance and effectiveness of human factors in the proper management of energy resources To reduce polluting emissions, technical interventions and technological improvements need to be accompanied by a strong change of mentality and environmental education, as expressed also by A. Einstein: ”You can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it” Economic investments in modern technologies and high efficiency in energy production plants from renewable sources can do little, if they are not accompanied by a sensible shift of the behaviours and daily habits of all of us ! prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento Temperature Difference -2 -1 0 +1 +2 Celsius prof. eng. Maurizio Fauri, eng. Matteo Manica, eng. Antonio Visentin Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento.