1. Piloting the Global Protocol for
Community Scale Greenhouse Gas
Emissions in Lochaber
Susan Carstairs
MSc Dissertation
University of Edinburgh 2012

2. Lochaber

4. Stationary fuels
CO2 tonnes CH4 in CO2 e tonnes N2O in CO2 e tonnes CO2e tonnes
Residential 19951.651 17.369 55.208 20024.227
Commercial and
institutional
Public sector 1950.173 2.027 168.946 2121.211
Estimate 1202.693 1.047 3.327 1207.068
accommodation
businesses
Commercial and 3152.872 3.074 172.273 3228.279
institutional total
Industrial 8,028.671 8.728 752.679 8,790.370
From Sub national estimates of non gas, non electricity and non road transport fuels. DECC 2009
and survey data

5. Electricity indirect emissions
kWh CO2 tonnes CH4 in CO2 e N2O in CO2 e CO2e tonnes
tonnes tonnes
Domestic 82,183,477 42483.93 21.3677 260.5216 42765.82
Non domestic 52,944,372 28919.88 14.5455 177.3437 29111.77
Of which street 1,592,817
lighting 823.3908 0.414132 5.04923 828.8542
Half hourly 12,942,513
meters 6690.503 3.365053 41.02777 6734.895
Rio Tinto Alcan 659,906,208 Hydro power
DECC domestic and non domestic electricity Middle layer super Output Area Raw Data 2010 and survey data

6. AADF Count points

7. Road Transportation
Defra 2012 EF
CH4 N2O
CO2t CO2 eq t CO2 eq t CO2 eq t
Motorcycle Table 6j Average petrol
motorcycle
814.763 16.638 4.212 835.613
Cars and Taxis Table 6e Average car
unknown fuel
42425.07 24.118 236.791 42685.98
Bus and coach Table 6k Average local
bus
7054.882 7.629 54.674 7117.185
Light van Table 6i Average van
<3.5t
11120.74 2.701 79.547 11202.98
HGV Rigid axle Table 7d >17t
6530.314 2.455 67.489 6600.257
HGV articulated Table 7d >33t
lorry
5627.6 3.134 58.137 5688.871
Total
73573.37 56.674 500.850 74130.89
Table 6.7 On road emissions 2010
AADF data 2011

8. Rail transport
Defra EF kg CO2 per kg CO2e kg CO2e kg CO2e
unit per unit per unit per unit
In Boundary
Passenger Table 1b 1004.898 0.3404 7.22404 1012.462
Freight Table 1b 598.836 0.20285 4.30493 603.3438
Sleeper Table 1b 456.3252 0.154576 3.280444 459.7603
Steam train Table 1a 1085.447943 9.655218 24.52009 1119.623
3145.507 10.35304 39.3295 3195.19
Cross
Boundary
Passenger Table 1b 1062.741 0.359994 7.639866 1070.741
Freight Table 1b 3852.032 1.30484 27.6916 3881.029
Sleeper Table 1b 1180.649 0.399934 8.487486 1189.537
Total 6095.423 2.064767 43.81895 6141.307
Scotrail and other survey data

9. Water borne transport
Defra 2012 CH4 N2O
CO2t CO2 eq t CO2 eq t CO2 eq t
In boundary
Ferries CalMac
and Highland
Council 2922.393 3.177 273.971 3,199.647
Local Ferries 484.510 0.527 45.422 530.477
Fish feeding and
transport 9536.727 10.368 894.057 10,441.5
Fishing boats 10,058.703 10.935 942.992 11,012.995
Freight Table 1b 413.925 0.45 38.805 453.195
Total 23,416.259 25.457 2,195.248 25,637.812
Cross boundary
Ferries CalMac
and Highland
Council 2,599.432 2.826 243.694 2,846.046
Freight Table 1b 15.941 0.005 0.115 16.061
Table 7g general cargo 1,589.742 0.803 12.044 1,602.588
table 7g bulk carrier 33,107.910 0.000 242.253 33,350.163
Total 47,3712.729 14.57 1,441.097 48,827.854
Survey data

10. Off road transport

11. Water borne transport

12. Solid Waste
Tonnes CH4 CO2e t N2O CO2 e t CO2e t
Landfill 10,811 4391 4391.016
Landfill elsewhere 29 11.76 11.76
Biological treatment 883.04 74.13 82.15 156.28
Total 5723.296
Highland Council Waste Data Report 2010-2011

13. Wastewater
CH4 t N2Ot CO2e t
In boundary
Septic tanks 44.95 943.95
Waste water treatment 245.648 5158.612
lagoons
Nitrification and de- 0.169 52.403
nitrification
Total 290.598 6102.562
Outside area
N to water 0.0985 30.545
290.598 0.2675 6185.51
Scottish Water, Veolia and SPRI

14. Industrial Processes and Product Use

15. Livestock
Stock Numbers June Census 2011
Cattle Emissions
Dairy 26
CH4 1,002.891 t
N20 29.2 t
Beef 6276
Sheep CO2 eq 30,112.726 t
Ewes 50614
Rams 1544
Lambs 33655
Pigs 107
Poultry 6024
Other 698

16. Total emissions
Total emissions 348,649 t
Per capita 18.047 t
Rio Tinto Alcan and Aggregate Industries
111,354.224 t
Per capita 5.764
Residual per capita 12.283