Horizons
HorizonsSustainability Information System
Climate Action Associates LLC
MWCOG Energy Advisory Committee meetingJim Yienger
Goals For Today
• Introduce the Horizons Sustainability Information System
• Discuss applicability for MWCOG’s regional GHG initiative
• Solicit feedback from the EAB• Discuss our current plans
Sustainability Strategy
Entire Community
Government Operations
Energy and emissions related to everyone,all residents and businesses
Buildings, facilities, fleet, etc.
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Communities need LOTS of consistent and reliable DATA on:
Utility Energy and Fuel Oil ConsumptionVehicle Miles TraveledTransit Ridership MetricsWaste Generation Water Consumption and QualityMaterials ConsumptionClimate and Weather Data (HDD CDD)Education, Housing Density, and Crime Economic Indicators
Utility Data
Transportation Demand
Fuel Oil
“Scope 3” Sources Consumption, etc
Census InformationNOAA / weather service
Solid and sewage waste
Community
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Communities must seek data
Horizons Sustainability Information System
– Local-regional-state-nationwide common publishing platform for communities, utilities, MPOs, and others to share community aggregate sustainability data.
– Standardizes energy consumption and transportation data across different utilities and MPOs
– Managed by a COG, the Horizons Regional GHG module can automate GHG inventories to all communities.
– Communities go there and simply “get” their data and inventory- saving them time and energy.
– Multi-user. COG can manage and upload data, or as part of a regional initiative train utilities to upload data themselves as part of a long term cooperation agreement.
– Scalable- immediately work with other regions on the same platform– Saves everyone money and time.
Utilities(more than 3000 in USA)
Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Transit Agencies
State and FederalAgencies
Local GovernmentsCounties, Cities, Towns, Villages
State and FederalAgencies
EEPS and SBC Program monitoring
Academia, non-profits, etc.
Academia, non-profits, businesses, etc.
Data SupplyData Demand
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The “Great Mapping Problem”
PEPCO
B&GE
NOVEC
The MWCOG region is a subset of the larger Horizons
CommunityMap and includes all
Counties, Cities, Towns, and Census Designated Places in
the region.
Horizons Community Map
NOVEC(Energy consumption) Publishing
MWCOG(Total VMT)
PEPCO(Energy Consumption)
Any StatewidePublisher(Fuel Oil Consumption)
20062006
20062007
20072007
20082008
20082009
20092009
20102010
2010 -
10,000.00
20,000.00
30,000.00
40,000.00
50,000.00
60,000.00
70,000.00
80,000.00
Monthly GHG Emissions from Utility Energy Consumption(Metric Tons)
ElectricityNatural Gas
Met
ric T
ons
2006 2007 2008 20093000
3100
3200
3300
3400
3500
3600
3700
Heating Degree Days(December - February)
AdvancedCommunity Energy Analysis…
Community GHG Baselines…
GHG Emissions
Transportation VMT
Utility Energy Consumption
Fuel Oil Consumption
Waste (generation rate)
AutomatedApples to ApplesCommunity levelMWCOG-wideMulti-regionState-wideNational
The more data providers,the broader the scale of collaboration
HorizonsSustainability Information System
Product Demonstrationhttp://climatetools.com/horizons
