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28 <br /> COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY <br /> In 2019, the Orange County community produced a total of 1,631,671 metric <br /> tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions(MT CO2e). As illustrated in Figure <br /> B, the greatest percentage of emissions was from transportation and mobile <br /> service at 43%,or 702,701 MT CO2e. Energy use in buildings represent the next <br /> largest emission sources at 34%,19%, and 2%respectively. Building energy use <br /> can be categorized by Commercial(business,university,and medical buildings), <br /> Residential (single and multi-family residences), and Industrial (agricultural <br /> and factory buildings) sectors to assist in determining reduction strategies. <br /> Commercial energy produced 556,800 MT CO2e, Residential energy resulted <br /> in 299,216 MT CO2e, and industrial energy contributed 33,626 MT CO2e. The <br /> remainder of the community inventory includes solid waste with 21,350 MT <br /> CO2e,water and wastewater with 12,585 MT CO2e, and fugitive emissions with <br /> 5,393 MT CO2e. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY INVENTORY <br /> PROCESS& TRANSPORTATION& <br /> FUGITIVE EMISSIONS MOBILE SOURCES <br /> ���_ 43% <br /> SOLID WASTE <br /> RESIDENTIAL ENERGY 1% <br /> WATER&WASTEWATER <br /> 1% <br /> INDUSTRIAL ENERGY COMMERCIAL ENERGY <br /> 2% 34% <br /> Figure B:Orange County Community Inventory <br /> 2023 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 25 <br />