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What does REAP petite do?
REAP petite calculates a community's footprint using data collected by questionnaire. Questionnaires can be distributed as paper documents for later collection or an internet survey could be set up to collect responses. Alternatively, participants can answer the questions whilst sat using the tool itself. Based on the questionnaire responses, REAP petite also suggests ways in which an indivual or the community might reduce their footprint through individual or collective action.
REAP petite has the following functions:
- Data from an unlimited number of questionnaires can be inputted to the software tool
- The tool can calculate a per person footprint in terms of global hectares (ecological footprint) and tonnes of carbon dioxide (carbon footprint)
- A measure of direct water use in the home is also calculated
- The average footprint of the surveyed population as a whole can be calculated along with the footprints of each individual
- A filter can be set up tp show the footprint of a smaller group within the community who all share a similar characteristic. Common characteristics may include, but are not limited to, age range, income range and postcode
- The tool can break down the footprint to see the contribution of housing, personal travel, food and consumables
- The tool will provide information on how communal or individual pledges may reduced the footprint of the surveyed population
REAP Petite has been updated and improved.
To download a free copy click here
If you are a license holder, contact SEI to get your new version.
SEI have just released a policy brief on Scotland's Footprint.
Our study has shown that Scotland's carbon footprint has grown by 11 per cent since 1992.
The figure includes greenhouse gases released overseas during the production of goods later consumed in Scotland and so is the most accurate gauge of the country's emissions to date.
While emissions generated in Scotland fell by 13 percent between 1995 and 2004, when trade is taken account, greenhouse gases rose by 11 per cent over the same period.
The full policy brief can be found on SEI's website.
An article has also be published in the Sunday Herald and can be found here.
The NHS England successfully launched their Carbon Reduction Strategy ‘Saving Carbon, Improving Health' on 27th January 2009. SEI contributed to the evidence base for the strategy, carrying out a consumption-based carbon footprint of the NHS England, who represents 25% of England's public sector emissions. The first part of the project examined historical emissions and identified the drivers behind a rising carbon footprint. This forms the first report published in 2008. The second phase of the project projects future emissions and models a range of policy options and their carbon reduction potential.
Further information can be found at the NHS Sustainable Development Unit website
Our phase 1 report for the NHS England carbon analysis project is available online.
This report provides a 2004 baseline for the NHS, a time series and a supply chain analysis of the pharmaceutical and medical equipment sectors (the highest impact procurement sectors of the NHS England).
We are in the process of developing a carbon scenario tool to contribute to the NHS England Carbon Strategy and target setting. The deadline for this is January and another report will be issued. We are also looking into repeating the study for the NHS Scotland, Wales and NI.