LFUCG hired a contractor to complete a community-wide and municipal greenhouse gas emissions inventory for calendar year 2021. This information will help our community understand how much energy our community uses and the quantity of resulting greenhouse gas emissions we generate. The inventory was compiled using the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC) and included the Stationary Energy, Transportation, Waste, Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU), and Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sectors.
The results of our baseline inventory were enlightening. The analysis reported that energy use accounts for almost 70% of our total community-wide emissions. We discovered Lexington’s carbon footprint is approximately 5,818,885 MT CO2e, or 18.1 MT CO2e per person, which compares favorably to many cities both here in Kentucky and in the United States. However, significant efforts are still needed to achieve our net-zero target by 2050. Below are the summary and complete report.
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
GreenhouseGas Inventory Report summary