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DAR PETRO OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COMPANY

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1. Introduction:
A carbon footprint is historically defined as the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an
individual, event, organisation, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent.

The concept name of the carbon footprint originates from ecological footprint, which was developed by
Rees and Wackernagel in the 1990s which estimates the number of "earths" that would theoretically be
required if everyone on the planet consumed resources at the same level as the person calculating their
ecological footprint. However, given that ecological footprints are a measure of failure, Anindita Mitra
(CREA, Seattle) chose the more easily calculated "carbon footprint" to easily measure use of carbon, as an
indicator of unsustainable energy use. In 2007, carbon footprint was used as a measure of carbon
emissions to develop the energy plan for City. Carbon footprints are much more specific than ecological
footprints since they measure direct emissions of gases that cause climate change into the atmosphere.

Carbon footprint is one of a family of footprint indicators, which also includes water footprint and land
footprint.

Every time you drive your car, buy food that is not grown locally, or leave your lights on when you're not
at office, you're increasing your carbon footprint. This footprint refers to the activities you do that add
gasses like carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. These gases, also known as greenhouse gases,
are affecting life as we know it by creating climate change. Reducing your carbon footprint can feel like a
daunting task, but it is important to remember that it is worth the effort. Luckily, this document is here to
help make reducing DPOM footprint easier.
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2. Types of carbon Footprint

Types of carbon footprint

The main types of carbon footprint for organizations are:
Organizational
Emissions from all the activities across an organisation, including buildings' energy use, industrial
processes and company vehicles.
Value chain
Includes emissions which are outside an
organizations own operations. This represents Carbon dioxide equivalent
emissions from both suppliers and consumers, Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) is the
including all use and end of life emissions. unit of measurement which allows
Product different greenhouse gases to be
Emissions over the whole life of a product or compared on a like for like basis relative
service, from the extraction of raw materials and to one unit of CO2. CO2e emissions are
manufacturing right through to its use and final calculated by multiplying the emissions
reuse, recycling or disposal. of each of the six greenhouse gases by
All businesses can reduce their carbon emissions, and its 100-year global warming potential
the business case for doing so is growing ever (GWP).
stronger.
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organisation, event or product, and is
expressed as a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused directly and indirectly
by an individual, organisation, event or product, and is expressed as a carbon dioxide equivalent
(CO2e). A carbon footprint accounts for all six Kyoto GHG emissions:

carbon dioxide (CO2)

methane (CH4)
nitrous oxide (N2O)
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).

3. Organizational carbon footprints

An organizational carbon footprint measures the direct and indirect GHG emissions arising from all the
activities across an organisation.
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What is it used for?

Quantifying GHG emissions will help you understand what your key emission sources are, how your
organisation contributes to global emissions, and what opportunities you must reduce your emissions.
You can then develop a carbon reduction plan, identifying ways to reduce your carbon footprint and
limit emissions from future activities and then measure what progress you have made.
Once youve calculated your organizational carbon footprint, you can report it internally, externally or
both.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standard
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is a widely used standard that sets out how to account for your GHG
emissions. It categorizes emissions into three groups or scopes:

Scope 1: Direct emissions that result from activities within your organizations control. This might
include on-site fuel combustion, manufacturing and process emissions, refrigerant losses and company
vehicles.

Scope 2: Indirect emissions from any electricity, heat or steam you purchase and use. Although youre
not directly in control of the emissions, by using the energy you are in directly responsible for the
release of CO2.

Scope 3: Any other indirect emissions from sources outside your direct control. Examples of scope 3
emissions include employee commuting and business travel, outsourced transportation, waste disposal
and water consumption.

4.
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5. Calculate an organization Footprint.

How to calculate an organizational carbon footprint. Accounting for all your carbon emissions can be a
complex task, but calculating a basic carbon footprint that includes the main emissions sources is
straightforward.

The key steps in calculating an organizational carbon footprint are:

4.1 Decide on the method to be followed

It is important to use a consistent method to ensure an accurate result, particularly if you will rely on
several people to help collect and interpret data. The GHG
Protocol is one of the most commonly WHY CALCULATE YOUR
used standards. It provides detailed guidance on methods, and ORGANISATIONAL
is available free of charge online. Another recognized standard CARBON FOOTPRINT?
is from the International Organization for Standardization, ISO
14064, which builds on many of the concepts introduced by the Calculating your organizational
GHG Protocol. Both provide further explanation of the steps carbon footprint is the first step
covered here. towards reducing it. It also

means you can report the

4.2 organizational and operational boundaries figure or gain independent
certification for marketing or
Set clear, explicit boundaries on which parts of your
corporate
organisation are included in the footprint. This can be complex
if you have many subsidiaries, joint ventures or leased assets, responsibility purposes, or to
but its an important step. meet the requirements of
The operational boundary determines which emission sources climate change legislation.
will be quantified. It should include the full range of emissions
from activities under your operational control. All material scope 1 and 2 emissions should be included,
but you can choose which scope 3 emissions to include. Be realistic when choosing a boundary and
make sure you consider the practicalities of collecting complete and accurate data. It may help to fit in
with your other reporting periods and legislative requirements, or the requirements of schemes
operated by third party certifiers.
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4.3 Collate the data

The accuracy of the footprint relies on collating consumption data for all the emission sources within
your established boundary. For gas and electricity, collect data in kilowatt hours (kWh) from meter
readings or bills. You can record data for other fuels in a variety of units, such as liters, kWh or
megajoules (MJ). For transport emissions, collect fuel consumption by fuel type where possible (from
fuel cards etc). Where this is not available, you can estimate consumption based on the mileage of the
vehicles and fuel economy assumptions. Its important to clarify any gaps in the data and list any
assumptions that have been made in calculating the footprint.
4.4 Apply emissions factors
The carbon footprint is measured in tones of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), and is calculated using the
activity data collated multiplied by standard emissions factors.

4.5 Verify the results

You may choose to have a third party verify your carbon footprint, to add credibility and confidence to
your carbon reporting for public disclosure.

4.6 Verify your emissions reductions

Many companies have not only measured their carbon footprint but have acted to reduce it
progressively over time. Reduction is something that a third party can certify to add credibility and
confidence to your reduction claims.

What is OUR carbon footprint right now?

In most cases, the total carbon footprint cannot be exactly calculated because of inadequate knowledge
of and data about the complex interactions between contributing processes, especially which including
the influence on natural processes storing or releasing carbon dioxide. For this reason, Wright, Kemp, and
Williams, have suggested to define the carbon footprint as:

A measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions of a defined
population, system or activity, considering all relevant sources, sinks and storage within the spatial and
temporal boundary of the population, system or activity of interest. Calculated as carbon dioxide
equivalent using the relevant 100-year global warming potential

By assessing how much pollution an organizations actions generates you can begin to see how changing
a few policies can significantly reduce your overall carbon footprint. Figure out just where to start
changing. There are carbon footprint measuring toolkits like the Simplified CORBON FOOTPRINT
calculator for example www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
Once the size of a carbon footprint is known, a strategy can be devised to reduce it, e.g. by technological
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developments, better process and product management, changed Green Public or Private Procurement
(GPP), carbon capture, recycle waste heat, Solar Power and others.

a. Average carbon emissions per person:

The average carbon footprint is about 50 tons CO2e per year. The single largest source of emissions for
the typical household is from driving (gasoline use). Transportation (driving, flying & small amount from
public transit) is the largest overall category, followed by housing (electricity, natural gas, waste,
construction) then food (mostly from red meat, dairy and seafood products, but also includes emissions
from all other food), then goods followed lastly by services. The carbon footprint of person is about 5
times greater than the global average, which is approximately 10 tons CO2e per household per year. For
most persons, the single most important action to reduce their carbon footprint is driving less or switching
to a more efficient vehicle

To control footprints working together is more important than anything. Working together means
motivating each other and learn from each other. Maybe our business competitor is one of the leaders in
climate initiatives?
Partnerships have collectively established objectives to measurably address greenhouse gas reduction
goals and/or adaptation and resilience.

After Calculating the Companys footprint value, the next step is to reduce these values. Following are the
strategies which DAR Petro will adopt to reduce these.

6. Energy Efficient Office Improvements:

a. Dar Petro will Replace its standard (incandescent) light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs or
LEDs. Compact fluorescents save more than 2/3rds the amount of energy of regular light bulbs. we
can reduce the carbon footprint of our office by switching to these energies saving bulbs. However, it
is important to remember that some fluorescent bulbs contain mercury DPOM will consider this
factor as well we will look for ones with a label that says low-mercury.
b. Less heat and air conditioning. Setting the thermostat just 2 degrees lower in winter and higher in
summer could save about tons of carbon dioxide each year. Older building? Add insulation to walls
and attic, and installing weather stripping or sealing around doors and windows can lower heating
costs more than 25 percent. We can Catch the water from our air conditioning and reuse it in our
business.
c. Clean energy. Switching from carbon-intensive energy sources to clean and carbon-free energy
sources is another clear priority, since reducing dependence on carbon-intensive sources yields an
immediate reduction in emissions levels. The focus may encompass green energy procurement and
onsite renewable and cogeneration projects.
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d. Buying New Electronics. This means both buying electronics with a good energy rating, and making
sure that we unplug our electronics when we are not using them. Look for an Energy Star label on any
appliance when considering buying. Energy Star is a certification given to appliance companies by the
government. It signifies that the appliance is highly energy efficient. Regardless of how energy
efficient your appliance might be; however, it is always good to unplug appliances when you are not
using them. If you have a hard time remembering to unplug your electronics, consider buying a power
strip. You can plug your electronics into it, and shut them all off just by hitting the off button on the
power strip.
e. Efficient facilities use. A strong focus on emissions directly related to facilities must be foremost,
since most office energy consumption is in some way connected to building occupancy. In addition
to energy retrofits and employing green standards for new construction and renovation, better
space utilization should become a priority, capacity eliminates wasteful use of energy, and thus,
reduces emissions. Efficient space utilization may also make new construction unnecessary
again saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
f. Weatherproof DPOM. Another great way to save energy is to minimize the amount of air leaking
out of our facility. Make sure that walls are insulated. DPOM could also consider double paneling
of its windowsthis can be rather costly, but it will save you money in the long run when we do
end up heating or cooling our facility. DPOM should also add some sealing or weather stripping
around windows and doors. This will help us to eliminate drafts, thus making our heating and
cooling systems more energy efficient.

g. Purchase food that has less packaging. Doing this will help to reduce the amount of waste left
with after meal. If you have an option between several apples on a tray, wrapped in plastic wrap,
and simply selecting unwrapped apples that you can put in your reusable bag--choose the
unwrapped apples.

7. Energy Efficient Travel

a. Find greener means of transportation. When you can, take public transit or carpool with your
coworkers. If you are traveling close enough to home, ride your bike (youll get in shape too!) or
walk. Learn to Get Back on a Bicycle as an Adult if it has been awhile. You can carry a lot of cargo
by bicycle, too.

b. Drive Less. Whether you get there some other way, or skip trips by doing business online or by
phone, you can probably figure out ways to put fewer miles on your vehicle than you do.

c. Reduce your carbon footprint when you do drive your car. You may not know this, but some of
your driving habits affect how much CO2 your car emits. Accelerating smoothly and slowly,
maintaining a steady, moderate speed while you drive, and anticipating your stops and starts will
help you to save one ton of CO2 in a year. If going to be driving a lot, and have the funds to do so,
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you should consider purchasing a hybrid or all-electric car. Remember, though, that much
electricity also has a carbon cost, and that electric cars don't cut down on traffic congestion.

d. Get Company Vehicles serviced regularly. This means making sure fuel, air, and oil filters are
replaced when they need to be. When car is running efficiently, your emission control systems
should be working at the top of their game. To maximize gas mileage, make sure that tires are
properly inflated.

e. Travel by train or bus rather than flying. If you are traveling a relatively long distance, and have
the time to do so, go by a train or bus, rather than by airplane. Airplanes pump out a lot of CO2
emissions. You can reduce your carbon footprint by trying other means of long-distance
transportation. If you do have to take a plane, look for a nonstop flight, rather than switching
planes during a layover. This will not only reduce your air travel footprint, it will also be much
more convenient for you.
8. Reusing and Recycling

a. Buying of new items only when we really need to. This goes for clothing, food products, office
stationery --anything. Energy is consumed every time a new FRC/Uniform shirt is made, for
durable items, look around at garage sales and thrift stores, or check your local classified or
Freecycle listing. Many people discard or sell serviceable items they were no longer using. When
you do have to buy new items, try to buy locally. Shipping products increases your carbon
footprint. A five-pound package shipped via air across the Kingdom will produce 12 pounds of CO2
emissions.
b. Buy for durability. How long will this item last you? Will it be obsolete in two years? Five? Will it
break? All these things must be considered while buying new products.

c. Re-purpose old materials and furniture. Instead of throwing things out that could end up in a
landfill creating methane gas, we will reuse everything which we can. Repair old chairs, rather
than sending them to the dump. We will also reuse old uniforms or sell them.

d. Understanding of recycling system. Its important to know what can and cannot be recycled. This
varies from county to county, so run we will run an online search to find out what rules govern
recycling system. Always remember to wash recyclables before putting them in the recycling bin.
Remember to recycle your glass, aluminum, and paper.

e. Know how to dispose of items like batteries. Every county should have a hazardous waste facility
located near you. We Will Search online to find out where ours is located. These facilities will have
drop off days or locations for single-use batteries. Rechargeable batteries can be dropped off at
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many different locations, including Staples and Radio Shack, which will properly dispose of them.
We can also drop your old cell phones off along with rechargeable batteries. Many electronics
stores have partnered with Call2Recycle, a rechargeable battery and cell phone collection
organization that recycles your old cells and batteries.

f. Know where to dispose of other electronics. Sadly, old electronics cant just be placed in the
recycle bin with other recyclables. We can, however, take our electronics to a recycling center
near us. Run an online search for recycling centers in our area.

9. Reducing Water Use

a. Check for leaks regularly. A lot of the water we consume is wasted because of leaks we may have
in our systems. Do regular maintenance on your pipes, checking to make sure that you dont have
any leaks. If you do--repair them immediately so that less water gets wasted.

b. Dont wash your car that often. Washing a standard-sized vehicle generally takes about 150
gallons (567.8 L) of water. That is a lot of water. Try to reduce the number of times you wash your
car. Consider bringing your car to a professional car wash. They generally use less water than a
person washing their car at home. Commercial car washes are also required to drain their used
water into the sewage system (rather than storm drains) so they have less of an impact on the
marine environment.

c. Unnecessary waste of Water. DPOM will initiate strict actions for those who are wasting the
water like always forgetting to close the taps.