The target year is the year local action planners choose for achieving the Emissions Reduction Target . As mentioned above, there are two influences on the greenhouse gas emissions for a region. A Corporate Analysis is one component of the energy and emissions analysis that gathers data for the base year using utility billing and energy audit information. From the data gathered the model generates an Emissions Forecast for each year from the base year to the target year. This means that the model employed by the Corporate Analysis assumes no measures have been implemented to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the time between the base year and the target year, thus allowing emissions to increase unabated due to normal activities and economic growth.
Measures are activities, programs or services that limit or reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
The second influence affecting greenhouse gases for the region is the community as a whole . Here our detailed study can undertake a Community Analysis for greenhouse gas emission, once again employing a model using information compiled from residential and commercial buildings, the transportation sector and industry. Like the Emissions Forecast from the Corporate Analysis, a greenhouse gas Emissions Forecast is possible from the Community Analysis. However it should be recognized here that there are differences in the Corporate and Community sectors. This clarification of responsibility for an emission source makes the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in the energy and emissions analysis more accurate, hence making for a more accurate Emissions Forecast.