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31 <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 commercial buildings <br /> represents the next largest emission source at 34% followed by residential <br /> building and commercial building energy use at 19% and 2%, respectively. <br /> Building energy use was categorized into Commercial (business, university, <br /> and medical buildings), Residential (single and multi-family residences), and <br /> Industrial (agricultural and factory buildings) sectors to assist in determining <br /> reduction strategies. Commercial energy produced 556,800 MT CO2e, <br /> Residential energy resulted in 299,216 MT CO2e, and Industrial energy <br /> contributed 33,626 MT CO2e. The remainder of the community inventory <br /> includes solid waste with 21,350 MT CO2e, water and wastewater with 12,585 <br /> MT CO2e, and fugitive emissions with 5,393 MT CO2e. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY INVENTORY <br /> PROCESS& TRANSPORTATION& <br /> FUGITIVE EMISSIONS MOBILE SOURCES <br /> 0% 43% <br /> SOLID WASTE <br /> RESIDENTIAL ENERGY 1% <br /> WATER&WASTEWATER <br /> 1% <br /> INDUSTRIAL ENERGY COMMERCIAL ENERGY <br /> 34% <br /> Figure B:Orange County Community Inventory <br /> 28 2023 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />