Miami Valley Climate Action
Technical Process
MVRPC’s plans will be developed through two primary and interrelated work streams: technical analytics and engagement. The technical analytics team will undertake modeling and data analysis to support the plan's creation. First, they will create a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory, which measures and reports on MVRPC’s greenhouse gas emissions. Then, they will use our modeling technology to project “business as planned” (BAP) emissions and energy maps that illustrate their geographic emissions distribution.
The BAP scenario will illustrate the region’s future emissions according to current plans, trends, and regulations. The team will also develop a low-carbon scenario to analyze what measures must be taken for MVRPC to achieve its climate goals. The analysis will consider residential energy efficiency retrofits, the electrification of transportation, changes in land use, district energy systems, community energy generation opportunities, and approaches to development in new growth areas, among other opportunities.
Engagement
The engagement team will focus on engaging key interested and affected parties (stakeholders) and the public to ensure the plan is rooted in the realities of and opportunities in Miami Valley and to help build public support for it.
The team is currently developing the engagement plan, which will detail who will be engaged and how, as well as how to foster ongoing engagement, support, and participation in implementing actions to reduce emissions. The plan will incorporate a mix of in-person and online techniques depending on the circumstances (e.g., limitations posed by COVID-19 restrictions) and needs of the target audiences. Insights from the engagement process will shape the aspects of the technical analysis that form the basis of the plan.