Scope 1 (Direct Emissions)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting: Specific Inclusions & Exclusions
We have measured our scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for all properties and vehicles under Hampshire County Council’s direct ownership and/or control. We have only reported scope 3 emissions depending on the availability of reliable data.
Scope 1 (Direct Emissions)
Included:
Data / Detail / CommentNatural Gas, Gas Oil, LPG usage / HCC Owned & leased buildings / All fuel used in all HCC buildings where we are responsible for the bills.
NB Data from Foundation and Academy Schools is excluded.
Travel information / Fleet vehicles & Pool cars
Excluded:
Data / DetailRefrigeration and Air-Conditioning equipment / The data we currently maintain on Refrigeration and Air-conditioning equipment is held to ensure compliance with F-Gas Regulations and does not directly translate to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions reporting requirements. This information may be available in the future. As this information becomes available, a decision will be taken to include this data and the base year figures will be recalculated at this time.
Scope 2 (Energy Indirect)
Included:
Data / Detail / CommentPurchased Electricity (from the grid) / HCC Owned & leased buildings / All electricity used in all HCC buildings where we are responsible for the bills.
Data from Foundation and Academy Schools is now excluded.
HCC Street lighting
Scope 3 (Other Indirect):
Included:
Data / DetailBusiness travel / Essential and casual business mileage (where vehicles owned by employees are used and costs are claimed back).
Water (Supply & Treatment) / This data had not previously formed part of the GHG Emissions Report but from 2013/14 this will now form part of Scope 3 reporting. [Data has also been collated for 2012/13 for comparison purposes].
Change from 2013/14 reporting period:
Outsources Services travel data is no longer collected and reported on as part of Scope 3.
Over the past few years, some service providers have failed to provided any data or not returned the data within the requested timeframe, we also had to question the quality and accuracy of some of the data provided (for example, the same data provided year on year, data much higher or lower than previous returns but the service providers were not able to provide a reason for such change). As such, we took the decision to stop collecting data from outsourced services providers from 2013/14 onwards.
Excluded:
Data / DetailOutsourced Services: Stationary sources / These have been identified as being within scope 3.
We are not proposing to collect this data due to the minor significance of the overall data (only 1.8% of the total emissions figure) compared to the task of collecting and collating the information.
Outsourced Services: Travel / These have been identified and previously reported as within scope 3.
As outlined above, from 2013/14, data from these sources is no longer collected and will not form part of the GHG Emissions Report.
Air Travel / Based on the data collected for 2009/10, air travel accounted for only 0.01% of the overall emissions figure but was extremely time consuming to collect and collate.
Rail Travel / Based on the data collected for 2009/10, rail travel accounted 0.11% of the overall emissions figure but was extremely time consuming to collect and collate.
Bus/Taxi travel / Bus and taxi journeys are paid for by staff and then claimed back via the Petty Cash system. There is no accurate record of these journeys from which to calculate distance therefore these are to be excluded from the submission.
Foundation & Academy Schools / As outlined above, from 2013/14, data from these establishments is no longer included.