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v <br />Scope 2 - <br />Indirect emissions resulting from the consumption of purchased or acquired <br />electricity, steam, heating and cooling. Indirect GHG emissions are a consequence of activities <br />that take place within the organizational boundaries of the entity, but that occur at the sources <br />owned or controlled by another entity. Scope 2 emissions physically occur at the facility where <br />electricity in generated. <br /> <br />v <br />Scope 3/Informational Item(s) - <br /> Includes all indirect emissions not covered in Scope 2, such as <br />emissions resulting from the extraction and production of purchased materials and fuels, <br />transport-related activities in vehicles not owned or controlled by local government (e.g. <br />employee commuting and business travel), outsourced activities, waste disposal, etc. Local <br />governments are encouraged to identify and measure all Scope 3 emission sources to the extent <br />possible; however, reporting of Scope 3 emissions is optional. Essentially, these emissions were <br />deemed important enough to mention; however, for one reason or another, the <br />measurement/calculation of these emissions may subsequently contain a significant amount of <br />error. As a result, these items are categorized as informational items, meaning they are present, <br />but they are not included in the calculation of all emissions. Electricity generated and used to <br />treat and pump water is an example of a Scope 3 emissions. <br /> <br />v <br />Double Counting: <br />One of the most important reasons for using the scopes framework for reporting greenhouse gas <br />emissions at the local level is to prevent “double counting” for major categories such as <br />electricity use and waste disposal. Double counting occurs if a set of emissions could be <br />considered twice within an inventory. For example, if a local government produced its own <br />power, it would be considered a Scope 1 emission at the point of generation and a Scope 2 <br />emission at the point of consumption, and it would be inappropriate to add these emissions <br />together. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2010-2011 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, City of University City, MO 13 <br /> <br /> <br />