1.4 Completing Phase 1 in the LAKs Project

To complete the LAKs Phase 1, each local government must develop a Government Operations inventory of greenhouse gas emissions for a base year (e.g. 2005) and a Community emissions analysis for a base year (e.g. 2001) and prepare a 'business-as-usual' forecast of emissions trends for a forecast year (e.g. 2015).

To complete this phase your Government Operations inventory should include at least four of the Government Operations sectors to ensure comparability of the results with other municipalities. The Community emissions analysis should also include four Community sectors.

If there are sectors missing from your initial inventory or community analysis, you should include an action to complete the gathering of data for the missing sectors as part of your Local Action Plan (as part of Phase 2).

Note that implementation of an Employee Commute analysis is a voluntary activity that provides additional information to focus the local government on actions that its own employees could take in partnership with the municipality. This sector is not a requirement, and the employee commute analysis is not counted as part of Government Operations emissions. Of course, employee commute emissions are a part of your community emissions analysis. However, completing an employee commute analysis can provide insights and starting-points for possible actions for community businesses.