Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Community Energy Baseline Study

• Main Authors: Vuntut Gwitchin, First Nation, Old Crow, B. D. Schonewille
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Yukon; Gwitchin; Old Crow
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.651.5555; http://emrlibrary.gov.yk.ca/energy/vgfn_community_energy_baseline.pdf

A Community Energy Baseline (CEB) Study was carried out for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) in Old Crow, Yukon during the summer of 2005. The 2004 fiscal year was used as the base year for quantifying energy usage and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions. The goals of the CEB were: to examine the energy supply and demand; detail the sources and consumption; determine GHG emissions; and the financial cost of energy to the VGFN community, including both administrative and residential sectors. To determine an emISSIons benchmark, energy use findings were used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from the VGFN during the 2004 fiscal year. The calculated total amount of energy utilized by the VGFN in 2004 was 24,100 GJ which resulted in the emission of 3,249 tonnes of neutral (biomass or wood) and non-neutral greenhouse gas emissions (C02 equivalent). The administrative sector used 17 % of all energy within the community and emitted 15 % of the greenhouse gases. The residential sector utilized 83 % of the energy and emitted 85 % of the greenhouse gases. The majority of energy use was relatively evenly split between the electrical, heating and transportation sectors. Diesel electrical generation was the leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to investigating the VGFN community, the entire community of Old Crow was also found to have utilized 33,687 GJ of energy and emitted 4,389 tonnes of eC02.