1. SEEC ClearPath: Data Driven Climate Action Planning
August 2018
Hoi-Fei Mok
ICLEI USA

2. About SEEC
The collaborative employs a variety of strategies to catalyze local climate and energy action:
Education and tools for climate action planning
Venues and opportunities for peer-to-peer networking and information sharing
Technical assistance to implement, track and assess progress of cities and counties
Support and recognition for local agencies participating in the Beacon GHG emissions and energy efficiency programs
Local Government Commission (LGC)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
San Diego Gas & Electric
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
Southern California Edison
Southern California Gas Company
Institute for Local Government

3. Five Milestones for Climate Mitigation

4. Data-Based Climate Action Planning
Baseline GHG inventory sets stage for current emissions
Set achievable, yet ambitious GHG targets
Identify and prioritize sectors to focus on
Identify and select relevant emissions reduction measures
Engage with internal and external stakeholders
Monitor and verify emissions reduction through climate measure implementation

5. First comprehensive online emissions management platform for local governments in the world
One of the tools that ICLEI USA developed is ClearPath, which is the first comprehensive online emissions management platform for local governments in the world. ICLEI was one of the first orgs to develop software for tracking emissions and ClearPath is built on that foundation.

6. SEEC ClearPath’s Five Modules
Inventories
Forecasts
Planning
Monitoring & Tracking
Reports
No-cost tool available to any California local government, regional agency and consultant
Online platform to foster transparency, collaboration and consistency
Streamline updates and secure storage system
Compliant to all relevant GHG protocols for local governments (USCP, LGOP, GPC)
Moved from forecasting, planning
SEEC Forecast Assistant, CAPPA and SEEC Community Inventory Tool
Change over time – plan for change over time in an integrated way instead of one off measure estimations

7. SEEC ClearPath’s Reach
477 US jurisdictions have collectively created 2,542 inventories in ClearPath. 
216 California ClearPath jurisdictions with 1,056 total inventories
336 community-scale
227 local-government operations
Explored over 1,000 different BAU Projections
200 Reduction Scenarios with over 800 emissions-reduction strategy records
244 Local Government & Regional Accounts
250 Gov Ops & 400 Community Inventories
Over 175 Forecasts
149 Planning Scenarios
Over 200 LGO & Community Measures

8. Data Growing Every Day
10,808 Records!

9. Government Ops Inventories Over Time

10. Community-Scale Inventories Over Time

11. Why Use SEEC ClearPath Free access – no consultant fees
User-friendly interface with easy data entry and calculators
Online, Cloud-Based Application
Collaboration supported w/ multiple users per jurisdiction and multiple jurisdictions per user
Secure data storage with daily backups
Remote support and training curriculum with data collection templates
Streamline progress tracking over time
Automatic development updates Contribute to statewide database
A few other highlights about the tool:
It is an online cloud-based tool, so this allows for multiple users per jurisdiction to use it at once and encourages collaboration between users. New calculators are developed every few months and added to the tool.
ICLEI has a variety of training documents and modules available for ClearPath and is currently developing an educational learning platform for users to share with each other. We also provide technical assistance and support for cities, particularly around the Global Covenant of Mayors.

12. Inside SEEC ClearPath Linked Data from Factor Sets or GWPs
Record Inputs
Charts and reports are read from the database
Outputs calculated on-the-fly as you add data.
Within the inventory module, this is what an individual calculator will look like. Your emissions factor will be selected at the top, your activity data can be inputted here in the middle, and then this generates the outputs.

13. A Journey on the ClearPath at the Community Scale

14. Monitoring Your Progress “Communicating Progress vs. BAU Forecast”

15. GHG Contribution Analysis Nashville, TN: 2011-2014
Emissions increases: Growth in population & employment and colder winter
Emissions decrease: Reduced industrial energy emissions, decreased electricity usage, improved vehicle fuel economy

16. Recent Updates & Improvements
Inventory Updates
Community New Measures: Bike Share, Water Efficiency, Solar Thermal, Heat Pumps, Building Benchmarking, High Efficiency Transit
Consumption-based emissions calculators
Fugitive emissions calculator
Notation keys for GPC
Grouping Tags & Indicator Reports
Factor Sets
Direct Entry for LGO Vehicle Fleet
Updated default emission factors and forecasting data from PGE, SCE, SDG&E
Gov Ops Employee Transit Use & Air Travel Calculators
Reports
Planning Updates
Monitoring Reports
High level planning calculators
GPC Reports
Gov Operations New Measures: Low Power Computing, Reduced Air Travel, Cool Roofs, Discount Transit for Employees

17. SEEC Learning Portal

18. Thank You Hoi-Fei Mok Program Officer Hoi-fei.mok@iclei.org
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Emeryville CA
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