The Great Valley Center has successfully completed twenty-five (25) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories for local government operations as of October, 2012. Efforts over the last two years have resulted in measurable gains of information. The following list highlights some of the accomplishments achieved by the Great Valley Center and its Green Communities partners.

Program Highlights

25	Number of Inventories Completed
780,610	Total Emissions Inventoried (Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)
153,061	Number of vehicles it would take to produce the “Total Emissions” above in one year*
409,531,061	Total Electricity Kilowatt Hours (kWh) Inventoried
7,286,990	Total Natural Gas Therms Inventoried
37,624,552	Gallons of Vehicle Fuel Inventoried
6,416	Tons of Solid Waste Inventoried
4,238	Public Employees Surveyed
34%	Average Survey Response Rate
21	Interns Trained in Green Job Skills
4	Interns Obtaining a Job or Promotion as a Result of Experience

*Use the U.S. EPA’s calculator to estimate your emissions equivalencies

Participant Testimonials:

“If it wasn’t for this program we would not have the resources to have completed this project.”

 - Erika Durrer, Senior Planner, City of Manteca

“The City of Hughson appreciates the opportunity to be involved with the Great Valley Center’s Green Communities Project. The green house gas inventory of city owned facilities provides us with a needed tool to complete a city-wide green house gas inventory. The Green Communities Project was the first step toward completion of our Climate Action Plan, made possible by a Sustainable Communities Planning Grant. The inventory itself did not require a lot of time for city staff; an important consideration to anyone working in a small city.”

 - Thom Clark, Community Development Director, City of Hughson

“The experience was painless and cost-free and I would recommend it to all cities in the Central Valley.”

- Donna Kenney, Community Development Director, City of Livingston. Read more of Donna’s comments here.