Saanich Ahead of Schedule on Climate Action

The District of Saanich has reached its 2010 climate action goal a full two years ahead of schedule.

In its annual progress report to be presented at the Council meeting of June 22, 2009 Saanich will reveal that the municipality exceeded its targeted 10% reduction in annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by the end of 2008.

This GHG reduction means that 10.6% or 579 fewer Tonnes of GHG were emitted by municipal operations in 2008 than in 2004.

“This is great news,” said Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard. “It shows that taking immediate local action on climate change can produce some very positive short term results”.

The GHG inventory is calculated by adding up all the sources of energy used in municipal operations and assigning a standard conversion factor to each one. The results are then tracked to assess the performance of energy reduction strategies.