Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

City of Ashland – Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2011 – 2015) 27 • Construction & Maintenance: This category includes construction of infrastructure, facilities and improvements, and contractual services. Contractual services are services contracted by the City and performed by third parties and primarily include construction and professional services. This category also includes small tools, other maintenance equipment, and safety equipment. • Office Supplies and Computers: This category includes the office, communications, audio/visual, computing supplies and software necessary to maintain the City’s operations. • Chemicals: This category includes chemicals, principally for water treatment. • Energy: This category includes upstream emissions from the extraction and processing of fuels prior to combustion. • Fleet: This category includes vehicle purchases and maintenance. • Community & Economic Services: This category includes community programs and the administration of memorials and grants. • Professional Services: This category includes contractual purchases of professional and technical services that support the City. • Other Goods: This category includes goods not included in the above categories. As can be seen in Figure 23, consumption-based, supply chain emissions from many of these categories remain consistent. Energy (fuel production), chemicals, services, and office supplies all have little change over the 2011 – 2015 period. The variability in Ashland’s supply chain emissions is largely the result of significant purchases like construction projects and vehicle purchases. In addition to being more variable, these emissions are typically the most significant in terms of scale. Figure 23: Composition of supply chain emissions over time, by category 0"1,000"2,000"3,000"4,000"5,000"6,000"7,000"8,000" 2011"2012"2013"2014"2015"Greenhouse)Gas)Emissions))(MT)CO2e))Construc4on"&"Maintenance"Office"Supplies"&"Computers"Other"Goods"Professional"Services"Community"&"Economic"Services"Water"Treatment"Chemicals"Energy"Fleet"