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ORANGE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY AND REDUCTION PLAN SCOPE OFWORK - PAGE 4 The consultant will use the most up to date, generally accepted socio-economic forecasts for Orange County and growth and development forecasts from the Triangle Regional Model (TRM}. Projections of housing units will be used to estimate greenhouse gas emissions for the residential sector in the target year. Employment projections will be used to forecast emissions for the commercial and industrial sectors. Greenhouse gas emissions for the transportation sector will be projected based on forecasts of VMT used in the development of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). Solid waste emissions will be projected using the population forecasts and waste generation data available from the County Solid Waste Management Department. Task 3. Reduction Target: After the emissions inventory and forecasting activities are completed, the consultant wilt facilitate public processes for discussing greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and establishing a reduction target from base year levels consistent with DCHC 2025 LRTP objectives and strategies. The consultant will analyze the effect of several potential reduction scenarios to assist the stakeholders in selecting the greenhouse gas reduction target for the Local Action Plan. The Air Quality Advisory Group will recommend a final reduction target. Task 4. Reduction Measures: The consultant will compile a list of potential emissions reductions measures that the community could implement in coordination with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Local Action Plan proposed for the City of Durham, an adjacent jurisdiction. The reduction measures are to be selected, and their impacts determined based on data provided by ICLEI, case studies of other US cities, and accepted values published by various federal and state agencies, and nonprofit organizations. The consultant will analyze each potential greenhouse gas reduction measure using the best technical information available regarding the expected reduction for a particular measure to quantify reduction results. Assumptions will be presented regarding the extent and success of implementation of these measures. Assumptions regarding implementation are to be based on case studies from other cities within the US, data from ICLEI, or estimates based on the applicability of the measure to this region. The consultant will develop an estimate of implementation costs for each measure, and present° the most effective measure for reducing transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.