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Figure 4. Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions <br />Estimates from 2012 Inventory and Projected for 2025 <br />2.5 <br />2.0 <br />0.5 Ener <br />Genera Lo <br />1.0 <br />-1.5 <br />2012 02025 BAU scenario* 0 50% Reduction <br />* "business as usual" inferring no major changes to status quo. <br />Figure 5 is based on the household consumption approach from UC- Berkeley researchers and <br />available data for an "average" Carrboro household. No attempt has been made to forecast these <br />lifecycle based emissions estimates forward. The estimates and related information do suggest <br />potential alternative strategies that can be considered with finer resolution than is possible with <br />data from the community inventory. For example, household emissions can be calculated for <br />Carrboro that indicate that the lowest ( <$10k) annual income households have about one half of <br />the footprint of the highest ( >$110k) annual income households. The data and methods have <br />sufficient detail to offer fairly granular assessments to help an individual household understand <br />specific elements of their footprint and create a climate action strategy that fits that household. <br />11 <br />