Idaho National Laboratoryâs FY14 Greenhouse Gas Report

doi:10.2172/1236811

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DOI	10.2172/1236811
报告编号	INL/EXT--15-35336
来源ID	OSTI ID: 1236811
	Idaho National Laboratoryâs FY14 Greenhouse Gas Report
	Frerichs, Kimberly Irene
	2015-03-01
出版年	2015
页数	121
语种	英语
国家	美国
领域	地球科学
英文摘要	A greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory is a systematic approach to account for the production and release of certain gases generated by an institution from various emission sources. The gases of interest are those that climate science has identified as related to anthropogenic global climate change. This document presents an inventory of GHGs generated during Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 by Idaho National Laboratory (INL), a Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored entity, located in southeastern Idaho. In recent years, concern has grown about the environmental impact of GHGs. This, together with a desire to decrease harmful environmental impacts, would be enough to encourage the calculation of an inventory of the total GHGs generated at INL. Additionally, INL has a desire to see how its emissions compare with similar institutions, including other DOE national laboratories. Executive Order 13514 requires that federal agencies and institutions document reductions in GHG emissions. INLâs GHG inventory was calculated according to methodologies identified in federal GHG guidance documents using operational control boundaries. It measures emissions generated in three scopes: (1) INL emissions produced directly by stationary or mobile combustion and by fugitive emissions, (2) the share of emissions generated by entities from which INL purchased electrical power, and (3) indirect or shared emissions generated by outsourced activities that benefit INL (occur outside INLâs organizational boundaries, but are a consequence of INLâs activities). This inventory found that INL generated 73,521 metric tons (MT) of CO2 equivalent (CO2e ) emissions during FY14. The following conclusions were made from looking at the results of the individual contributors to INLâs FY14 GHG inventory: â˘ Electricity (including the associated transmission and distribution losses) is the largest contributor to INLâs GHG inventory, with over 50% of the CO2e emissions â˘ Other sources with high emissions were stationary combustion (facility fuels), employee commuting, mobile combustion (fleet fuels), business air travel, and waste disposal (including fugitive emissions from the onsite landfill and contracted disposal) â˘ Sources with low emissions were wastewater treatment (onsite and contracted), business ground travel (in personal and rental vehicles), and fugitive emissions from refrigerants. This report details the methods behind quantifying INLâs GHG inventory and discusses lessons learned on better practices by which information important to tracking GHGs can be tracked and recorded. It is important to note that because this report differentiates between those portions of INL that are managed and operated by Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) and those managed by other contractors, it includes only the large proportion of Laboratory activities overseen by BEA. It is assumed that other contractors will provide similar reporting for those activities they manage, where appropriate.
英文关键词	GHG GHG report Greenhouse Gas
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来源平台	US Department of Energy (DOE)
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/6929
专题	地球科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Frerichs, Kimberly Irene. Idaho National Laboratoryâs FY14 Greenhouse Gas Report,2015.