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1. 7 Policy Scenario Results Emissions from Waste This table shows the combined results of emissions from all the policy components included in each scenario with respect to waste It is divided into development types User Manual V1 21 March 2012 16 Example a comparing against scenario 5 Emissions from Waste by Development Type tCO2eq life cycle emissions 2 Scenario 1 3 4 5 6 T 8 9 10 Year 20131 2015 2015 2015 2020 20200 20200 2020 2020 Housing 5 234 7 835 2439 9137 14009 188 11391 4 17366 Commercial 4931 1041 9890 16746 J X 4931 389 4931 15210 26370 o 4 J1 hd4l J l 4P Me 2A4 J AJ Jd Other Buildings Emissi Emissions from Waste by Development Type tCO2eq life cycle emissions 20 000 4 Housing 10 000 q Commercial man Scenario 1 S 2 S 4 Scenario 5 E 6 Scenario 7 n 8 Scenario 9 Sc 10 20 000 4 E Other Buildings 30 000 4 m Other Emissions 40 000 4 50 000 Example b comparing against a do nothing scenario Emissions from Waste by Development Type tCO2eq life cycle emissions 2 Scenario 1 4 5 6 T 8 9 10 Year 20114 2011 2015 2015 2015 20200 20200 20200 2020 2020 Housing 12131 9531 14926 8229 17366 3357 17 177 5975 17362 Commercial 31800
2. 9 0 10 0 13 0 mas m Oil mir m Biomass B Electricity 10 3 Key Results Transport The Total annual GHG emissions by vehicle type chart shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the anticipated car and Heavy Goods Vehicle HGV journeys which result form the policy component Total annual GHG emissions by vehicle type tCO eq 0 0 100 0 200 0 300 0 400 0 300 0 600 0 m Car m HV 10 4 Key Results Waste The Total annual GHG emissions by treatment method shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the treatment of waste resulting from the use of the building Total annual GHG emissions by treatment method tCOseq L MEN 10 0 0 0 10 0 20 0 30 0 40 0 50 0 E Recycling B Composting B Incineration E Landfill 10 5 Key Results Land Use Change User Manual V1 21 March 2012 47 The Total emissions from land use change total over all years are identified as a single figure but would occur over a period of between 50 and 150 years There will be no figure identified if the development is to take place on brownfield land as that has previously been developed and the release of emissions stored in the soil previous to development would have been initiated by the original development of the site Changes such as increased foundation depth are not accounted for Land Use Change Total emissions from land use 22 843 tCO change total over all years User
3. Waste treatment methods A Annual waste produced tonnes Enter the annual waste generated by the building in use Ignore demolition waste from a replaced building Ignore human waste sent directly to water treatment plants Enter the relevant figure into the user input box B Waste treatment methods As the component is likely to relate to a single or small number of buildings with a similar use no default figures are provided Enter the relevant proportions of the annual waste figure you previously identified into the relevant waste treatment user input boxes The tool will allow you to insert greater or less than 100 so users will need to check the Total figure carefully However Should the new building incorporate a waste treatment facility eg for compost that will be used by existing buildings and it will as a result take an additional 2096 of waste amend the annual waste figure to reflect the additional waste and insert a greater proportion in the composting waste treatment user input box User Manual V1 21 March 2012 44 8 Land Use Change This section enables you to insert data about land use changes that a policy component might facilitate This enables the tool to estimate emissions that may result from changing the use of land Be aware that the land use change emissions are reported as a single emission and for carbon dioxide only In reality the emissions will occur over a period of approximately 100 years
4. developed Alternatively the density figure can be used and inserted into the Density user input box B Previous land use This allows you to enter details about the land use prior to the development set out in the policy component This enables the tool to calculate emissions based on land use change The default land use is brownfield Select e Brownfield if the site has been previously developed e Forest if the land has woody vegetation e Grassland for pastures and open moorland grassland e Cropland for land used for annual and perennial crops If the land use is a variety of the types set out then this can be indicated by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box C Soil type Soil type can have a significant impact on emissions Use this box to identify soil types relevant to the site or policy in this policy component Advice on soil types is available from Soil Indicators for Scottish Soils SIFSS http sifss macaulay ac uk The default soil type is mineral However you may be aware that the soil type is not mineral or is a variety of soil types This can be accounted for by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box Development will affect the soil and as such the emissions stored within it which can be released into the atmosphere 9 Saving your policy component Once you are happy with the input data you need to save the policy component To do this 1 Click the
5. http sifss macaulay ac uk The default soil type is mineral However you may be aware that the soil type is not mineral or is a variety of soil types This can be accounted for by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box Development will affect the soil and as such the emissions stored within it which can be released into the atmosphere User Manual V1 21 March 2012 45 9 Saving your policy component Once you are happy with the input data you need to save the policy component To do this 1 Click the save button at the top of the worksheet adjacent to the section title Edit Policy Component towards the top of the worksheet 2 A Warning Permanent Overwrite box will appear If you are sure that you have entered the right data and want to save then click OK 3 You are now able to create more policy components using the create function described in section 2 above 4 f you would like to edit any data that you have entered into a saved policy component then you can do this using the edit function described in section 3 above Important This saves the component within the worksheet but does not save the spreadsheet on your computer To save your work on your computer you will need to use the standard save or save as functions on your excel software 10 Key Results On the right of the work sheet is a section entitled key results This is a summary of the estimated emissions f
6. B Incineration E Landfill 11 6 Key Results Land Use Change The Total emissions from land use change total over all years are identified as a single figure but would occur over a period of between 50 and 150 years There will be no figure identified if the development is to take place on brownfield land as that has previously been developed and the release of emissions stored in the soil previous to development would have been initiated by the original development of the site Changes such as increased foundation depth are not accounted for Land Use Change Total emissions from land use 10 724 tCO change total over all years User Manual V1 21 March 2012 57 APPENDIX 1 LICENCE TERMS The information is being provided open source This means that users have the Capability to alter the factors which run the calculations behind the worksheets This is not recommended as the Scoitish Government cannot guarantee that the calculations will operate as designed following a change by the user In software terms nothing more than the capability to run Microsoft Excel is required The licence is a means by which the Scottish Government and SEPA can monitor the volume of downloads of the SPACE tool and can inform users of updates User Manual V1 21 March 2012 58 APPENDIX 2 UPDATES The SPACE tool contains source data that over time may require to be updated It is important that users know which version of the
7. This section allows you to identify and test the impact a variety of methods of waste disposal could have on the emissions arising from the treatment of the tonnage of waste previously identified You should insert the type of disposal e g recycling as a of the total waste that will disposed of by that route User Manual V1 21 March 2012 53 9 Land Use Change This section enables you to insert data about land use changes that a policy component might facilitate This enables the tool to estimate emissions that may result from changing Land Use Change Land area Total site area hectares Previous land use Brownfield Forest Grassland Cropland Total 100 Soil type Organic Organo Mineral Mineral Other Total 100 A Area of development Insert into the user input box the total land area which the policy component will take including non building elements such as car parking and greenspace This allows the tool to calculate the extent of land that will be developed B Previous land use This allows you to enter details about the land use prior to the development set out in the policy component This enables the tool to calculate emissions based on land use change The default land use is brownfield Select brownfield if the site has been previously developed select forest if the land has woody vegetation select grassland for pastures and open moorland grassland select cropland
8. B Number of units of activity per day The is the number of times that the operation previously described will occur in a day For example there will be 200 patients or 8 doctors Enter the number of units in the user input box User Manual V1 21 March 2012 43 C Number of trips per unit per day For the unit of activity described you now need to enter the number of daily trips each unit will generate For example in a rural doctor s surgery most of the patients might be expected to arrive by car and there for make two car trips The number of trips per unit would therefore be 2 The doctors may commute to work by car but also make house calls during the day in that case the number of trips per doctor might be 4 A doctor s surgery might be served by a delivery vehicle once a week to remove clinical waste but make two trips one there and one back The number of delivery vehicle trips per day would therefore be 2 7 or 0 286 Enter the number of trips in the relevant user input box D Average trip lengths For the likely trips generated by the units of activity enter the likely trip length in kilometres Enter the relevant figures into the user input box T Waste This section allows you to insert data about waste treatment methods Be aware that the emissions are reported as a lifecycle figure not as an annua re Waste Annual waste produced tonnes Disposal route Recycling Composting Incineration Landfill Total
9. DM ha in Scotland values are unlikely to change very quickly with time so regular updating is considered less essential
10. Ent Lathan O O O Cresto now Poicy Component named 7 0 0 0 47 7 TA Load existing policy component reb up Comp y A me EDEN D c ani D ubed BS dU EV Due Aia Fiy Compre dit Policy Component g Hong sete Oi Load Save entered data Desc rto Use ail General dexription ofthe housing policy component Seat of howseng type Loca Authority idertifer to set defaults Building Energy Use ao Authority defauts for didata es CEN Buidng eguatons e ce F Regimes igesinimate Use defaut a3 a percent age regalato m uu Building energy use dala 100 o os an ox Sets default data for indhidual tables Transport Data Waste Data Land Use Change data User Manual V1 21 March 2012 19 HOUSING POLICY COMPONENTS 1 Getting Started The worksheet opens up with a worked example called example housing component on display Users may want to look at the example but will then need to delete it to avoid the figures influencing their own results This example can be deleted from the housing policy components by 1 click on the relevant yellow box under the action tab 2 Select delete in the drop down menu 3 Users will be prompted by a message that this will delete that entry permanently Press OK to delete You are then able to enter policy components one by one by creating a new policy component and then filling in the relevant data for that component The following pages explain how
11. Scenario5 8 6s TS 8 Scenario 9 Se 10 10 000 4 E Commercial 15 000 4 20 000 25 000 E Other Buildings 30 000 J 35 000 40 000 4 W Other Emissions 45 000 50 000 Example b comparing against a do nothing scenario Emissions from Land Use Change by Development Type tCO2 eq total emissions over 150 years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 639 4 696 4 567 4 731 6 893 2 001 2410 6230 BERE Scenario Commercial 15 544 1 638 2 676 12 869 14 507 15 544 1 038 15 544 13906 Other Buildings __ 22843 22 843 22 843 2283 2283 Other Emiecianc Emissions from Land Use Change by Development Type tCO2 eq total emissions over 150 years 50 000 45 000 E Housing 1 40 000 35 000 E Commercial 30 000 25 000 4 WOtherBuildings 20 000 15 000 4 10 000 W Other Emissions 5 000 Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Scenario 6 Scenario 7 Scenario 8 Scenario 9 Scenario 10 User Manual V1 21 March 2012 18 E HOUSING POLICY COMPONENTS WORKSHEET Housin g List ofcreated policy components outing Policy Components Houses Stet Esi Lathan m o Hout Sae 2 Ent Lathan sw Housing Ste East Lethan WM o Heute Sto d Epit Lothar o 5 see m ix Create newpolicy components Moving Ste 6 Letran sl n o com Housing Ste 7 East Lothan 1675 0 7 Hang Se d Eset Lothar Houtasg Ste East Lethan wt Haing Ste 10
12. as previously selected in all relevant sections C Local Authority You selected this when creating the Policy Component This drop down menu allows you to enter your Local Authority This will import default data relevant to your local authority into the default boxes which you can then use by clicking the use default boxes However if you change the Local Authority after creating a policy component the revised Local Authority name will not appear in the Housing Policy Components section To achieve that a new policy component will require to be created but don t worry it is only a couple of clicks to do so D Number of housing units This box is used to enter the number of housing units applicable to this policy component For a site allocation this may be the likely number of units on that site For a policy this may be the overall number of units required in a particular plan E Type This box allows you to either use the default mix of housing types for your local authority or allows you to enter specific data Where you do not know the likely composition of housing types with respect to a particular policy component then click use default This will give you the percentages based on current house types in your local authority area Where you are aware of the likely mix of housing types for example on a proposed housing site then you can enter this manually in the boxes You can also change the dwelling typ
13. component that you have already entered 1 Click on the yellow box A beside the title edit policy component 2 Use the downward arrow to scroll through the saved policy components and to click on the policy component that you would like to edit 3 he yellow box will then refer to the title of the policy component that you want to edit 4 Click load 5 The previously entered data will appear in the boxes below 6 You can now edit these data When you have completed you edits press the save button 7 This will produce a warning permanent overwrite box Press OK if you are sure that you want to save these edits and overwrite the previously saved data Edit Policy Component Example Other Emissions Component Load a Save ss 4 General This section requires general information about this other emissions policy component General Description An example Other Emissions Component Local Authority National Average A Description This is a free text box which allows you to enter details of the site or policy to which this policy component relates You may also wish to use this box for other information such as any assumptions that you have used when entering the data or any specific data you have entered in place of the defaults B Local Authority You selected this when creating the Policy Component There are no default values for the Other Emissions Policy Components Th
14. do this using the edit function described in section 3 above Important This saves the component within the worksheet but does not save the spreadsheet on your computer To save your work on your computer you will need to use the standard save or save as functions on your excel software 11 Key Results On the right of the work sheet is a section entitled key results This is a summary of the estimated emissions from the policy component These data contribute to the outcomes set out in the main tab where the policy component be selected as part of a policy scenario The tool sets out the emissions only for the data which has been inserted It does not suggest total policy component emissions as it does not allow for any displacement of other emissions which might occur as a result of new development Important When reading the charts please be aware that the scale of each chart is different and can also change on individual charts as the year for results is changed 11 1 Key Results Changing the Year At the top of the Key Results section is a user input box that enables you to change the year for which the results are given The year selected should be the year in which the development as set out in the policy component is expected to become fully operational If a development is to occur in phases this can be calculated more accurately by preparing a policy component for each phase and allocating the anticipated year
15. of selecting File and Save As Going back to a previous component to make changes or review the content 3 18 In the worksheet click in the box to the left of Edit Policy Component title A downward pointing triangle will appear Click on the triangle The policy components already prepared will be listed Click on the relevant component Click the Load button to the right of the box Remember to save your changes User Manual V1 21 March 2012 7 Entering data 3 19 Users enter data into boxes which are identified by a red border within the worksheets Building Energy Standard 3 20 Users can choose to have all of the buildings compliant with the 2010 Scottish Building Standards Alternatively users have two further options to specify a percentage emissions rate lower than the 2010 standards and then a percentage of buildings which should achieve that reduction The remaining buildings would be expected to achieve the 2010 standards Defaults 3 21 Clicking the user default button will apply the default input figures for the local authority or national average previously specified lt is not a requirement that the default is used users can insert their own known or aspirational values for comparison purposes Some defaults only refer to a national average This is indicated in the detailed guidance on the development type worksheets Green s 3 22 Through out the individual worksheets are green boxes with a
16. to do this 2 Creating a new housing policy component To create a new policy component 1 Type in a policy component name of up to 25 characters including spaces into the Create new Policy Component Named box Marked A 2 Click in the Edit Policy Component General Local Authority box A drop down list will appear Select either the national average or the desired Local Authority 3 Click Create New in the Housing Components Section You will see your policy component appear in the Policy Component Name column Please note The tool automatically uses the data from the previous policy component in the new one You will need to amend these data to reflect the new policy component and then save 4 You can now enter the details of your new policy component User Manual V1 21 March 2012 20 Housing Policy Components Reset All Tables Units Example Housing Component National Average Housing Site 1 East Lothian Housing Site 2 East Lothian Housing Site 3 East Lothian Housing Site 4 East Lothian Housing Site 5 East Lothian Housing Site 6 East Lothian Housing Site 7 East Lothian Housing Site 8 East Lothian 25 Create new Folicy Component named oOo Iu oos X Die j gg de Parens Create New the inputs currently in the Editor below will be used as inputs for the new Policy Component 3 Editing an existing housing policy component If you want to edit a policy component that you hav
17. 12 60 Dataset Source Significance in calculations Recommended update frequency Notes Average floor area by Local Authority and housing type m Split of primary heating fuel by Local Authority Future building energy standards Annual housing energy consumption kWh m User Manual V1 21 March 2012 Scottish Government Scottish House Condition Survey 2009 Scottish Government Scottish House Condition Survey 2009 Scottish Government Changes for October 1 2010 Legistlation and 2010 Technical Handbooks 2009 Scottish Government Building Standards High High Recommended that this is updated every time a new survey is published Only used for defaults but easy to update when new survey is published Should be updated any time legislation changes Should be updated as soon as new data are 61 Significance Recommended in update Dataset Source calculations frequency Notes published Commercial excluding appliances Current estimates based on broad assumptions Should be updated as soon Future building regulation Scottish Government Progress report on Low Carbon as new data are improvements on 2007 regs Buildings Strategy for Scotland 2011 High Critical published Regular updates not critical but improved data would be very beneficial as current estimates Commercial densities Driver Jonas Deloitte Commercial densities guid
18. 2196 Composting 1 1496 Incineration 095 Landfill 6495 Total A Waste treatment methods If you click on the use default button then the current waste treatment disposal methods in the selected local authority area will be applied to this policy component However where you have more up to date information the percentages can be inserted manually into the user input boxes 8 Land Use Change This section enables you to insert data about land use changes that a policy component might facilitate This enables the tool to estimate emissions that may result from changing the use of land Be aware that the land use change emissions are reported as a single emission and for carbon dioxide only In reality the emissions will occur over a period of approximately 100 years Land Use Change Area of development Land Area Default ha Use default i either Land area hectares or Density dwellings per hectare Calculated land area hectares Previous land use Previous land use Area Use default Brownfield Forest Grassland Cropland Soil type Organic Use default Use default Organo Mineral Mineral Other Total A Area of development Insert into the user input box the total land area which the policy component will take including non building elements such as car parking and greenspace This allows the tool to calculate the extent of land that will be User Manual V1 21 March 2012 25
19. 27910 16 980 43615 26870 31800 27259 31800 42079 o om 4 M 4 4 o X 4 9 Other Buildings missi Emissions from Waste by Development Type tCO2eq life cycle emissions 70 000 4 E Housing 60 000 50 000 4 m Commercial 40 000 4 30 000 4 E Other Buildings 20 000 4 m Other Emissions 1 0 000 Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Scenario 6 Scenario 7 Scenario 8 Scenario 9 Scenario 10 8 Policy Scenario Results Emissions from Land Use Change This table shows the combined results of emissions from all the policy components included in each scenario resulting from land use change It is divided into development types Please note the results are presented for total emissions over 150 years User Manual V1 21 March 2012 17 Example a comparing against scenario 5 Emissions from Land Use Change by Development Type tCO2 eq total emissions over 150 years Scenario Housing Commercial Other Buildings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 d 9 10 3254 2197 2326 2462 f 4892 669 4483 663 6 893 1038 12869 11831 1 638 1038f 13 469 1 038 600 14 507 L 28935 2995 NENNEN w a b 2903 2293 2285 Other Emiecianc Emissions from Land Use Change by Development Type tCO2 eq total emissions over 150 years 5 000 BHousi T T m T T T T ii 5 000 3 Scenano 4
20. 3 3 Instructions Tab Worksheet 3 4 v fe This tool has been developed to give policy makers a snapshot into the GHG emission impacts of spatial planning policy Please refer to the Intructions tab for a Nika Click on the tabs for Instructions To access information about how to input data into the tool Main to show the results of the policy scenarios you create Housing To input data about housing policies allocations in your plan Commercial To input data about commercial policies allocations in your plan Other Buildings To input data about non housing commercial policies allocations in your plan Other emissions To input data about other known emissions This worksheet is simply designed to explain the purpose of the SPACE tool This is accessible at any time by clicking on the Instructions tab at the bottom of the screen This worksheet provides on screen instructions on how to create or build policy scenarios and understand the meaning of the results set out in the Main worksheet 3 9 other buildings and other emissions worksheets within the SPACE tool Development Type has different calculation methods The Development Types illustrated correspond to the housing commercial Each The methods are set out in detail in the accompanying research report accessible at www scotland gov uk User Manual V1 21 March 2012 3 6 The range
21. Change data User Manual V1 21 March 2012 40 1 Getting Started The worksheet opens up with a worked example called example other buildings component on display Users may want to look at the example but will then need to delete it to avoid the figures influencing their own results This example can be deleted from the other buildings policy components by 1 click on the relevant yellow box under the action tab 2 Select delete in the drop down menu 3 Users will be prompted by a message that this will delete that entry permanently Press OK to delete You are then able to enter policy components one by one by creating a new policy component and then filling in the relevant data for that component The following pages explain how to do this 2 Creating a new other buildings policy component To create a new policy component 1 Type in a policy component name of up to 25 characters including spaces into the Create new Policy Component Named box 2 Click in the Edit Policy Component General Local Authority box A drop down list will appear Select either the national average or the desired Local Authority 3 Click Create New in the Commercial Components Section You will see your policy component appear in the Policy Component Name column Please note The tool automatically uses the data from the previous policy component in the new one You will need to amend these data to refle
22. ERCIAL POLICY COMPONENTS 1 Getting Started The worksheet opens up with a worked example called example commercial component on display Users may want to look at the example but will then need delete it to avoid the figures influencing their own results This example can be deleted from the commercial policy components by 1 click on the relevant yellow box under the action tab 2 Select delete in the drop down menu 3 Users will be prompted by a message that this will delete that entry permanently Press OK to delete You are then able to enter policy components one by one by creating a new policy component and then filling in the relevant data for that component The following pages explain how to do this 2 Creating a new commercial policy component To create a new policy component 1 Type in a policy component name of up to 25 characters including spaces into the Create new Policy Component Named box 2 Click in the Edit Policy Component General Local Authority box A drop to down list will appear Select either the national average or the desired Local Authority 3 Click Create New in the Commercial Components Section You will see your policy component appear in the Policy Component Name column Please note The tool automatically uses the data from the previous policy component in the new one You will need to amend these data to reflect the new policy co
23. Land Use Change Area of development Total site area hectares 50 00 Previous land use Previous land use Brownfield 5095 Forest 0 6 Grassland 2096 Cropland 096 Total 100 Soil type Organic Organo Mineral Mineral Other Total 100 A Area of development Insert into the user input box the total land area which the policy component will take including non building elements such as car parking and greenspace This allows the tool to calculate the extent of land that will be developed Alternatively the density figure can be used and inserted into the Density user input box B Previous land use This allows you to enter details about the land use prior to the development set out in the policy component This enables the tool to calculate emissions based on land use change The default land use is brownfield Select brownfield if the site has been previously developed select forest if the land has woody vegetation select grassland for pastures and open moorland grassland select cropland for land used for annual and perennial crops If the land use is a variety of the types set out then this can be indicated by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box C Soil tyoe Soil type can have a significant impact on emissions Use this section to identify soil types relevant to the site or policy in this policy component Advice on soil types Is available from Soil Indicators for Scottish Soils SIFSS
24. Manual V1 21 March 2012 48 OTHER EMISSIONS This work sheet allows users with known or predicted sources of green house gas emissions that do not originate form buildings to include them in their policy scenarios Quarries would be one example Other Emissions List ofcreated policy components Create newpolicy components Load existing policy com ponent Seve entered dala Corre al PR General dezriplion ofthe other emissions ei a i poli cycom ponent 3 Leu Autecty Nau AE iu x Local Authority identiter to sat defaults Energy C onuamption Total erwegy cormumplion 7 Energy consumption daba Othe GHG erriman Oth r greenhouse gas missions data Tt Total annual vehicle km 3 Transport Data Lord Use Change Land area 3 Total 240 area hectares Prewous land use a CS T E Land Use Change data Prownfeid ne L Sod type 3 User Manual V1 21 March 2012 49 Other Emissions 1 Getting Started The worksheet opens up with a worked example called example other emissions component on display Users may want to look at the example but will then need to delete it to avoid the figures influencing their own results This example can be deleted from the other emissions policy components by 1 click on the relevant yellow box under the action tab 2 Select delete in the drop down menu 3 Users will be prompted by a message that this will delete th
25. PG Biomass B Electricity 10 3 Key Results Transport The Total annual GHG emissions by journey purpose chart shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the range of anticipated car journeys which result form the policy component The emissions resulting form other service vehicles for example delivery vehicles are not included Total annual GHG emissions by journey purpose tCOzeq 0 0 1000 2000 300 0 400 0 300 0 6000 700 0 E Commute E To retail B To other 10 4 Key Results Waste The Total annual GHG emissions by treatment method shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the in use waste treatment of the dwellings User Manual V1 21 March 2012 28 Total annual GHG emissions by treatment method tCOzeq hs 500 0 0 0 500 0 1000 0 1 500 0 2 000 0 2 500 0 E Recycling E Composting B Incineration Bi Landfill 10 5 Key Results Land Use Change The Total emissions from land use change total over all years is identified as a single figure but would occur over a period of between 50 and 150 years There will be no figure identified if the development is to take place on brownfield land as that has previously been developed and the release of emissions stored in the soil previous to development would have been initiated by the original development of the site Changes such as increased foundation depth are not accounted for Land Use Change Tota
26. Spatial Planning Assessment of Climate Emissions SPACE Detailed User Manual The J cottish Scottish Environment Government Protection Agency Contents Secion sd Page s Welcome 1 1 1 0 0 0 Overview 4 8 otep by step quide to the Excel spreadsheets Main Commercial Other Emissions Appendix Licence Terms 158 Appendix 2 Updates Z o 60 67 User Manual V1 21 March 2012 2 Welcome to SPACE 1 Background 1 1 The Spatial Planning Assessment of Climate Emissions SPACE tool is designed to provide users with an understanding of the likely relative emissions consequences of spatial planning It is intended to be used to inform both the development planning process and Strategic Environmental Assessment It can also be used in the preparation of Supplementary Guidance The Scottish Government is also anticipating that SPACE will inform the preparation of the next National Planning Framework for Scotland 1 2 This Detailed User Manual has been prepared to guide users through every step of operating SPACE It is not intended to be read from cover to cover but to be referred to as and when necessary The table of Contents contains hyperlinks to move you quickly to relevant parts of the manual We will update this guide in the light of user experience 1 3 The data used in the development of the tool was up to date in the autumn of 2011 The Scottis
27. This enables the tool to factor in typical private transport emissions into its results No account is taken of existing trips that will no longer happen as a result of the new development Transport refer to map Car dependency level 13 05 6 65 6 65 6 65 Average trip lengths Commercial attractions Use default Retail non food attractions Retail food general attractions Supermarket attractions A Car dependency level Data zone maps supplied with this tool www scotland gov uk SPACE should be used to enter the car dependency level For a site you should be able to use the map to identify the car dependency level in the area of that site For the local authority level as a whole use all the maps to User Manual V1 21 March 2012 34 come to a generic figure of car dependence One of five categories from very high to very low can be chosen using the drop down list click in the user input box and then on the downward pointing arrow in the user input box This enables the tool to calculate how often typical car journeys will be taken B Average trip lengths Use this box to enter data about average trip lengths The default setting is the national average This may vary where you have locally available data and you can enter this in the relevant user input boxes please note it is important that these data are entered in kilometres These data allow the tool to calculate emissions based on the car
28. a that you entered previously that will be given over to other types of commercial uses The tool will enable you to allocate more than 100 of the site area so you will need to check the Total figure 5 Building Energy Use Section This section allows you to enter data that will enable the tool to calculate emissions resulting from using energy to heat light and power in commercial properties identified in this policy component Bulding Energy Use wo of 2010 regs Default Building regulations in force Regulated building emission rate 10 2010 100 Use default as a percentage of 2010regulations 2013 2016 Energy standards of buildings 2 Building energy standard Use dell Compliant with regulations ES lower energy use than regulation 2096 energy use than regulation Primary heating fuel mix Use default Electricity Total User Manual V1 21 March 2012 33 A Building regulations in force This box is deigned to calculate the prevailing building standards It is set to the 2010 standards although the tool uses the 2007 regulations as a baseline If users want to set a more aspirational standard for comparison purposes this can be achieved See the guidance in B below B Energy standards of buildings This box enables you to allocate an additional reduction in energy use beyond building standards The left hand user input boxes marked above allow a 96 reduction beyond the building standards t
29. aseline scenario This is useful if an existing scenario is known and it is desirable to understand the potential increase or decrease in emissions from building energy use transport energy use waste and land use change In many instances users will want to know what the relative emissions scenarios will be without a given baseline This can be achieved by leaving one of the policy Scenarios columns blank and then in the Results section selecting the baseline scenario as the empty column 1 General Information This box requires you to enter general information about this file It is important to capture this information as you may generate several files during the course of assessing your plan It is important that any assumptions working notes or other information about how you have conducted the assessment are noted Policy Scenarios and Results File name SPACE Tool practice data entered xls General Information i AA Author Date modified Insert Date Name of Plan nsert Plan Name Notes Enter notes about the plan or scenarios being tested here A Author Insert the name of the author B Date modified Insert the most recent date of data entry C Name of Plan Insert the name of the plan or the policy components of the plan being tested in this example User Manual V1 21 March 2012 11 D Notes Enter in this space any more detailed notes about the policy elements being tested or othe
30. at entry permanently Press OK to delete You are then able to enter policy components one by one by creating a new policy component and then filling in the relevant data for that component The following pages explain how to do this 2 Creating a new other emissions policy component To create a new policy component 1 Type in a policy component name of up to 25 characters including spaces into the Create new Policy Component Named box marked A 2 Click in the Edit Policy Component General Local Authority box A drop down list will appear Select either the national average or the desired Local Authority 3 Click Create New in the Other Emissions Policy Components Section You will see your policy component appear in the Policy Component Name column Please note The tool automatically uses the data from the previous policy component in the new one You will need to amend these data to reflect the new policy component and then save 4 You can now enter the details of your new policy component Other Emissions Policy Components Reset All Tables Policy Component Name Example Other Emissions Component National Average Create new Policy Component named the inputs currently in the Editor below will be used as inputs for the new Policy Component Create New User Manual V1 21 March 2012 50 3 Editing an existing commercial policy component If you want to edit a policy
31. ct the new policy component and then save 4 You can now enter the details of your new policy component Other Buildings Policy Components Reset All Tables Policy Component Name Local Authori Floor area m2 Action Example Other Buildings Component Mational Average 500 Create new Policy Component named the inputs currently in the Editor below will be used as inputs for the new Policy Component Create New 3 Editing an existing commercial policy component If you want to edit a policy component that you have already entered 1 Click on the yellow box A beside the title edit policy component User Manual V1 21 March 2012 41 2 Use the downward arrow to scroll through the saved policy components and to click on the policy component that you would like to edit 3 he yellow box will then refer to the title of the policy component that you want to edit 4 Click load 5 The previously entered data will appear in the boxes below 6 You can now edit these data When you have completed you edits press the save button 7 This will produce a warning permanent overwrite box Press OK if you are sure that you want to save these edits and overwrite the previously saved data Edit Policy Component Other Buildings 1 load B s E 4 General Section This section requires general information about this other building policy component General Description n An example other build
32. dependency and the number of car kilometres travelling to from the new jobs or to shop at the commercial offer T Waste Section This section allows you to insert data about waste treatment methods Be aware that the emissions are reported as a lifecycle figure not as an annual figure Waste treatment methods Disposal route L 2b Default 56 Use default Recycling Compasting Incineration Landfill Total A Waste treatment methods If you click on the use default button then the current waste treatment disposal methods in the selected local authority area will be applied to this policy component However where you have more up to date information the percentages can be inserted manually into the user input boxes This allows the tool to calculate emissions resulting from waste generated by the houses in use forming this policy component 8 Land Use Change This section enables you to insert data about land use changes that a policy component might facilitate This enables the tool to estimate emissions that may result from changing the use of land Be aware that the land use change emissions are reported as a single emission and for carbon dioxide only In reality the emissions will occur over a period of approximately 100 years User Manual V1 21 March 2012 35 Land Use Change Previous land use Default nwnhelc nes 100 Use default Brownfield asia 100 Forest 025 Grassland gag Cropland 096 T
33. do noting scenario Vo 9 oem t ee wee t es ILL Total cmiosions fom waste for cach cenario inthis exemple compared against a do noting scenario oe e x e o y Owe 9 lt y x eon tees o Sers es i gt enano y s oom t ec wae tg gt on Parece on 4 9 gt Im 334 381 aor i I I Total emissions Fomland use changes for _ f t t t p ach sce aio in ihis example compared Ematen ton Land Use Chenge by Deveigpment Type CO eq tote emae ons over 150 years 73 wo agains a do noling scenario LL mu e o Cre 0 E e o ees own j ee eo oo gt owe e ee t LE s adii I 9 Meee User Manual V1 21 March 2012 10 Main Worksheet Overview The Main worksheet shows the combined results of the housing commercial other buildings and other emissions worksheets Only 10 scenarios can be tested per Main worksheet but users are at liberty to test as many scenarios as they wish Users will of course have to begin a new workbook saved under a different name for the 11 and 21 scenarios and so on Users should amend the Scenario names in the Policy Scenario Table to ones which are meaningful to them based on the policy components which are included in the scenario being calculated Users may want to note that the results will be referenced to a b
34. e 2010 Low are quite crude Land to floorspace Transport Model for Scotland TELMos Land use model seguia ME conversion factors for Scotland 2007 High not critical but improved data User Manual V1 21 March 2012 62 Significance Recommended in update Dataset Source calculations frequency Current data is placeholder and needs replacing by anticipated new data from Placeholder data new data to be supplied from SG DG building building standards High Critical standards ASAP Regular updates not critical but improved data would be very Electricity cosumption by beneficial as household domestic current estimates appliances Calculations Medium are quite crude User Manual V1 21 March 2012 63 would be very beneficial as current estimates are quite crude Commercial building energy use kWh m Significance Recommended in update Dataset Source calculations frequency Notes Should be updated any time legislation Future waste tagets Zero waste scotland plan Medium Medium changes Municipal waste managed Recommended by or on behalf of Scottish that this is local authorities updated every breakdown by individual time a new digest local authority 2008 2009 SEPA Waste Data Digest 10 2009 Defaults Medium is published Recommended that this is Scottish municipal waste updated every recycled by material and by time an update is local authority 2008 2009 SEPA Waste Data Dige
35. e Tool as they are subject to considerable uncertainty For a full list of assumptions and the data sources behind them please see the accompanying report The tool also uses a series of simplifying assumptions using Scottish and UK statistical and benchmark data and reasonable simplifications in order to obtain results with limited User inputs These assumptions reduce the accuracy of the final outputs of the tool and users should be aware of these simplifications when deciding how to interpret the results A full list of simplifying assumptions is provided in the accompanying report The Scottish Government and Developers of this Tool hold no liability for any adjustment or amendments made by Users to the Tool Furthermore any information and results contained within the Tool are subject to the accuracy of the data inserted by the User Please not that whilst this tool provides indicative relative GHG emissions the Outputs these Outputs are not intended to be used as a full impact assessment Furthermore any decision made by the User as a consequence of using this Tool is done so entirely at the Users risk and no liability fg such decisions shall lie with the Scottish Government or the Developers of this Tool Word protected to prevent users accidentally modifying data ce ahapann semn males mone neauant tha taal frana funatianina inen da M gt M Welcome Instructions Main MINE dm err EA j Buildings
36. e already entered 1 2 Click on the yellow box A beside the title edit policy component Use the downward arrow to scroll through the saved policy components and to click on the policy component that you would like to edit The yellow box will then refer to the title of the policy component that you want to edit Click load The previously entered data will appear in the boxes below You can now edit these data When you have completed you edits press the save button This will produce a warning permanent overwrite box Press OK if you are sure that you want to save these edits and overwrite the previously saved data User Manual V1 21 March 2012 21 4 General Section This section requires general information about this housing policy component Description Use all defaults E Local Authority East Lothian Number of housing units Split of housing type 3 its af Default Use default 200 Semi detached Detached Total 2 Terrace 25 2 76 GERE n A Description This is a free text box which allows you to enter details of the site or policy to which this policy component relates You may also wish to use this box for other information such as any assumptions that you have used when entering the data or any specific data you have entered in place of the defaults B Use all defaults This button allows you to use default data national or Local Authority specific
37. e atmosphere 9 Saving your policy component Once you are happy with the input data you need to save the policy component To do this 1 Click the save button at the top of the worksheet adjacent to the section title Edit Policy Component towards the top of the worksheet 2 A Warning Permanent Overwrite box will appear If you are sure that you have entered the right data and want to save then click OK 3 You are now able to create more policy components using the create function described in section 2 above User Manual V1 21 March 2012 36 4 f you would like to edit any data that you have entered into a saved policy component then you can do this using the edit function described in section 3 above Important This saves the component within the worksheet but does not save the spreadsheet on your computer To save your work on your computer you will need to use the standard save or save as functions on your excel software 10 Key Results On the right of the work sheet is a section entitled key results This is a summary of the estimated emissions from the policy component These data contribute to the outcomes set out in the main tab where the policy component be selected as part of a policy scenario The tool sets out the emissions only for the data which has been inserted It does not suggest total policy component emissions as it does not allow for any displacement of other emissions
38. e aware of higher or lower car ownership in the area to which the policy component relates You may also wish to change it to consider for example the effect of a policy that restricts car ownership as part of certain housing developments Although reducing car ownership to 0 5 half technically means households have access to half a car It would be preferable to prepare two components one where some households have access to one car and another where households do not have access to a car Both components can be turned on in the main tab to insert into a policy scenario C Average trip lengths Use this box to enter data about average trip lengths The default setting is the national average This may vary where you have locally available data and you can enter this in the relevant user input boxes please note it is important that these data are entered in kilometres These data allow the tool to calculate emissions based on the length of trip and in association with car dependency and number of cars per household User Manual V1 21 March 2012 24 T Waste Section This section allows you to insert data about waste treatment methods This allows the tool to calculate emissions resulting from waste generated by the houses in use forming this policy component Be aware that the emissions are reported as a lifecycle figure not as an annual figure Waste treatment methods Disposal route h 2b Default 56 21 Use default Recycling
39. e to test whether particular compositions of dwelling type have a significant impact on emissions where all other elements of the policy component remain unchanged User Manual V1 21 March 2012 22 5 Building Energy Use Section This box allows you to enter data that will enable the tool to calculate emissions resulting from using energy to heat light and power the housing identified in this policy component w of 2010 regs Default Building regulations in force Regulated building emission rate 2010 10076 Use default as a percentage of 2010 regulations 2013 5726 _ Use default 2016 17 13 Energy standards of housing Building energy standard Units 70 Default 10096 Use default Compliant with regulations z lower energy use than regulation Total g lower energy use than regulation Frimary heating fuel mix Use default d LPG Biomass Electricity Total A Building regulations in force This box is deigned to calculate the prevailing building standards It is set to the 2010 standards although the tool uses the 2007 regulations as a baseline If users want to set a more aspirational standard for comparison purposes this can be achieved See the guidance in B below B Energy standards of housing This box enables you to allocate an additional reduction in energy use beyond building standards The left hand user input boxes marked above allow a reduction beyond the building standards t
40. elopment Type tCO2eq 4 000 4 2 000 m Housing ES T T T T T T T T t 1 2 000 4 a 1 S 2 A E 3 4 Scenario 5 S 6 Scenario 7 S 8 Scenano 9 Sc 10 Commercial 4000 4 6 000 4 m Other Buildings 8 000 4 10 000 4 12 000 4 E Other Emissions 14 000 16 000 Example b comparing against a do nothing baseline Emissions from Building Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq Scenario 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Year 2011 2015 2015 2015 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 Housing 8 078 6 605 10 100 5 379 11 613 1 772 10 514 3 324 10 382 Commercial 4407 5 586 3 557 5 916 2 908 3 432 3 432 4970 Other Buildings 0 3 3Q4 3 3 30 Other Emissinns E E i a Emissions from Building Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq 18 000 4 l 16 000 4 m Housing 14 000 4 12 000 4 E Commercial 10 000 4 8 000 4 m Other Buildings 6 000 4 4 000 4 E Other Emissions 2 000 J T T T T T T T T T T 1 Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Scenario 6 Scenario 7 Scenario 8 Scenario 9 Scenario 10 User Manual V1 21 March 2012 15 6 Policy Scenario Results Transport Energy Use This table shows the combined results of emissions from all the policy components included in each scenario with respect to transport energy use It is divided into development types Example a comparing against sc
41. enario 5 Emissions from Transport Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq 2 Scenario 1 4 5 6 8 10 Year EECINMEN INE M NMNEC IN NN CNN NE NM RUN RN GNE COR RN NR GR SR Housing 129 67 342F 13t7 2497 X 243 1886 261 3367 Commercial Eus mrs 288 ira E 898 459 iE Ss iue Other Buildings E e E E22 E 3488 E 3488 E 32 E 3485 Emissi Emissions from Transport Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq MN 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Scenario 6 a 7 a i 8 Scenario 9 15 000 44 L 3r 8 Housing 10 000 5 000 4 E Commercial m Scenario 1 Scenario 2 5 000 4 m Other Buildings 10 000 Other Emissions 15 000 4 20 000 Example b comparing against a do nothing scenario Emissions from Transport Energy Use by 4 Type Scenario 5 6 7 8 9 10 Year Cm fom NE I NMEN NM RN NE NN am GNE CNN RN NR RR Housing 2076 2690 3025 X 2050 3367 871 3 124 1482 3107 Commercial 15027 23 176 amp 9327 22615 11901 12539 16466 12539 20821 Eis E ss Eas e EE eee Other Buildings missi Emissions from Transport Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq 30 000 usin 25000 20 000 4 Commercial 15 000 4 m Other Buildings 10 000 m Other Emissions 5 000 Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Scenario 6 Scenario 7 Scenario 8 Scenario 9 Scenario 10
42. erefore the selecting of the local authority using the drop down menu accessed by clicking the downward pointing arrow to the right of the user input box simply acts as a reference for where the development will occur However if you change the Local Authority after creating a policy component the revised Local Authority name will not appear in the Other Emissions Policy Components section To achieve that a new policy component will require to be created but don t worry it is only a couple of clicks to do SO User Manual V1 21 March 2012 51 5 Energy Consumption This section allows you to enter data that will enable the tool to calculate emissions resulting from the use energy to heat light and power buildings identified in this policy component or the energy use of the equipment for which the policy component applies a quarry for example Energy Consumption Total energy consumption Gas Oil Biomass Electricity Total 1 533 A Total energy consumption The user input boxes allow specific data about the level of energy used in terms of gas oil LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas biomass and electricity to be considered The information should be inputted in terms of kilowatts per hour SPACE then calculates the emissions based on yearly energy use 6 Other GHG Emissions Other GHG emissions Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide CO Methane CH Nitrous oxide M20 Sulphur hexafluoride SF Total GHG emiss
43. ergy Waste in use and Land Use Change graphs and tables explained in 5 8 below As the different output figures have different inputs they should not be simply added together Users must decide if any of the outputs are of particular significance or if they all need to factor into decision making The best use of the SPACE tool is to identify those policy changes that have a significant impact of emissions either increase or decrease from the baseline and use that information to support decision making Those policies that do not cause particularly significant changes to emissions can be understood and this can help to focus attention on those policies that do cause significant emissions 5 Policy Scenario Results Building Energy Use This table shows the combined results of emissions from all the policy components included in each scenario with respect to building energy use It is divided into development types User Manual V1 21 March 2012 14 Example a comparing against scenario 5 Emissions from Building Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq Scenario 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 Year ae a ae 2015 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 Housing 3 534 5 008 ccm 9 841 1 098 8 289 1 231 11 613 Commercial 1 499 2 678 EE 53 1 534 2 062 2 908 Other Buildings 4F 3 3 J 4d a Other Emissions B jm 7 z Emissions from Building Energy Use by Dev
44. evelopment types housing commercial other buildings and other emissions Users do not have input data for each worksheet only for those development types which are relevant to the components which are required For example if you are only assessing the housing aspect of a development plan you do not need to also insert data for the commercial development type In practice when comparing a range of policy options users will input data across most of the worksheets 3 15 The worksheets are explained in detail in other sections of this guide Please refer back to the table of contents to navigate to guidance on the individual development type worksheet 3 16 The Housing and Commercial worksheets contain the most scope for users to make use of default input data In the Other Buildings and Other Emissions development type worksheets as there is a greater variety of buildings or development types it is not possible to suggest default data and users are required to find data to add into the worksheets Other general information on using SPACE oaving your work 3 17 There is a save button adjacent to the Edit Policy Component title in the development type worksheets Clicking that button saves the information within Excel for use in the Main worksheet However it does not save the information to your own computer To save the entire work book users are required to save from Excel in the usual way by clicking on the disk icon in the tool bar
45. for land used for annual and perennial crops If the land use is a variety of the types set out then this can be indicated by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box C Soil tyoe Soil type can have a significant impact on emissions Use this section to identify soil types relevant to the site or policy in this policy component Advice on soil types is available from Soil Indicators for Scottish Soils SIFSS http sitss macaulay ac uk The default soil type is mineral However you may be aware that the soil type is not mineral or is a variety of soil types This can be accounted for by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box Development will affect the soil and as such the emissions stored within it which can be released into the atmosphere 10 Saving your policy component Once you are happy with the input data you need to save the policy component To do this User Manual V1 21 March 2012 54 1 Click the save button at the top of the worksheet adjacent to the section title Edit Policy Component towards the top of the worksheet 2 A Warning Permanent Overwrite box will appear If you are sure that you have entered the right data and want to save then click OK 3 You are now able to create more policy components using the create function described in section 2 above 4 f you would like to edit any data that you have entered into a saved policy component then you can
46. ge on individual charts as the year for results is changed 10 1 Key Results Changing the Year At the top of the Key Results section is a user input box that enables you to change the year for which the results are given The year selected should be the year in which the development as set out in the policy component is expected to become fully operational If a development is to occur in phases this can be calculated more accurately by preparing a policy component for each phase and allocating the anticipated year of operation for each phase It is important to select the correct year as this will also transfer into the results shown in the Main tab Key results 7 2011 10 2 Key Results Building energy use The Total annual CO2 emissions by end use chart identifies the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent for housing based on the dwelling type and building emission rates as a of building standards 2010 The Total annual CO2 emissions by fuel chart identifies the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent for the fuel used to heat the dwellings User Manual V1 21 March 2012 27 Building Energy Use Total annual CO emissions by end use tCO 00 2000 4000 600 0 800 0 1 0000 1 200 0 1 400 0 1 600 0 B Space Heating B Water Heating B Cooling B Lighting B Auxiliary fans pumps 9 Cooking E Appliances Total annual COz emissions by fuel tCO 0 0 200 0 400 0 600 0 800 0 1 000 0 1 200 0 1 400 0 1 600 0 mss m Oil mi
47. h Government and SEPA will review uptake of the tool in the autumn of 2012 and based on that review will decide how best to future resource the tool 1 4 We hope you find SPACE informative for your decision making 3 bed FF te ee SPACE Publication Tool for Web with Fre 18 March 2011 Compatibility Made Microsoft Excel eee n Hume nseri Pagelayuul Formulas Dala Rewiew View Addini a x Tu i j Qum 2 Aut sum JA me j 1 cA Mom Bm rro Tet Wis ico UE in 2l d i t mel ee eT e x Pbi A ME RE S GE RE kp tere a center Ste oe Se al air l amat Cell inpet Delete Format sot F nd d Fnrmuting 1 Tan s nin rir zi Clenr Filter Select Alignment Humner es Sevuriy Warning Macros hare been derabled Opium B20 2 Al Scottish Government and Scottish Environment Protection Agency Spatial Planning Assessment of Climate Emissions SPACE Version 1 21 March 2012 This teal has been developed to qe policy makers a snapshot into rhe GHG emission mmpacts of spatial planning policy Please refer t the Intructions tab for a user guide IMPHOGBPTANT HTE x M Welkome instructions Mam Sich oe aa ear TEN UE Pu 4 I A start ff irb Microsoft cu BH PACE detsled user E RE ace detailed T SPACE Usar Manual P3 Mecrceett Excel SPA User Manual V1 21 March 2012 3 OVERVIEW 2 Ge
48. idual main and development type worksheets User Manual V1 21 March 2012 9 MAIN WORKSHEET Policy Scenarios and Results in ae PAC umm pete abs rinmi d P a General infonnetion about thepalicy heat Nee d P componentstestedin this assessment a Listofscensios being testedin this assessment uptc 10 Listofal policy ccmponents in duded inthis assesem st Yes No bab to indicate whether policy component isin Guded inthis scenario fav tae haay crt L ev el o os Potey trenmerts Porote eine Sor stb deel ii hte cwm Baseline scenario indicator n i a mw j me j mm j m j mme 1 m w Sa TL IT I D amp J o ia 1 4 AA Zw f r 7 7 naso E E matins from Busting I neryy Ute by Development Type C O2e Total buildingene qyuse emissions for each a scenario inthis example compared against one B a m a i soenano i o gt x tae 0 Vax gt a o te gt ee bem 5 woe 6 ono V o t oV bae o e F e 13 1 1 at j m d mw Aa j mw j me j Mmm m 1j me Q1 M D 29 i v i r4 gt hr gt lt B B amp o ay 9 da we B B B tm f t f Total emissions Fomtran sport enengyuse Gmtacieae bom Treseped Energy Veo by Covetegment Type CCOB0q for each scenario nih exemple compared Mi uM j i against a
49. ing component Local Authority Total floor space m National Average A Description This is a free text box which allows you to enter details of the site or policy to which this policy component relates You may also wish to use this box for other information such as any assumptions that you have used when entering the data or any specific data you have entered in place of the defaults B Local Authority You selected this when creating the Policy Component This drop down menu allows you to enter your Local Authority This will import default data relevant to your local authority into the default boxes which you can then use by clicking the use default boxes However if you change the Local Authority after creating a policy component the revised Local Authority name will not appear in the Other Buildings Policy Components section To achieve that a new policy component will require to be created but don t worry it is only a couple of clicks to do SO C Total Floor Space This is the floor space of the individual building which is the subject of the policy component If more than one building is being considered additional components can be created or all the total floor space of the buildings can be considered within a single component Enter the floor space in the user input box ensuring the unit of measurement is metres squared User Manual V1 21 March 2012 42 5 Building Energy Use Section Th
50. ions A Total GHG emissions As this worksheet is about non standard types of development the user is able to add in known carbon dioxide methane nitrous oxide or sulphur hexafluoride emissions to the user input boxes to provide a reading on the annual emissions generated from the operation of the development which is additional to emissions related to energy consumption transport or waste For example a concrete manufacturing plant may have significant annual carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the manufacturing process which will not be captured in the analysis of the impacts of the development in terms of energy use transport waste treatment and land use change T Transport This section allows you to add in the known annual distance of both cars and heavy goods vehicles HGV that will arise from the operation of the development User Manual V1 21 March 2012 52 vehicle km Heavy goods vehicle HGV A Total annual vehicle km These distances must be entered in kilometres in the user input boxes 8 Waste Waste Annual waste produced tonnes Waste treatment methods Disposal route 0 50 0 50 Recycling Composting Incineration Landfill Total 100 A Annual waste produced tonnes The user should insert the known level of annual waste arising from the operation of the development into the user input box The waste should be calculated in tonnes B Waste Treatment Methods
51. is section allows you to enter data that will enable the tool to calculate emissions resulting from using energy to heat light and power in commercial properties identified in this policy component Building Energy Use Total building energy demand including appliances amp operations Gas Oil LPG Biomass Electricity Total 215 A Total Building Energy Demand The user input boxes allow specific data about the level of energy used in terms of gas oil LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas biomass and electricity to be considered The information should be inputted in terms of kilowatts per hour per metre squared of floor space SPACE then calculates the emissions based on yearly energy use 6 Transport This section is used to enter details about car dependency and trip lengths This enables the tool to factor in typical private transport emissions into its results No account is taken of existing trips that will no longer happen as a result of the new development Transport Units of activity Number of units of activity per day Number of trips per unit activity Vehicle type trips per unit Car 50 00 Heavy goods vehicle HGV 10 00 Average trip lengths Car Heavy goods vehicle HGV A Units of Activity This is simply the title of the operation that will be assessed For example for a doctor s surgery this would be patients or even doctors Insert a relevant title in the user input box
52. issions of spatial planning policy decisions made at a national regional or local level in Scotland in order to enable public authorities to fulfil their duties under the Climate Change Scotland Act 2009 It does this by quantifying the relative predicted emissions caused by policy scenarios compared with a reference scenario The tool is intended to assist planners in assessing the possible relative impacts of different planning policy outcomes it is not intended to provide a comprehensive carbon footprint of an area or planning policy scenario The tool estimates the emissions from a number of activities however its scope is limited and it does not provide an estimate for every potential source of emissions arising as a result of planning policy decisions In particular emissions associated with building construction materials and decommissioning are not included In addition the scope of emissions considered for each activity varies it is recommended that users consult the report for full details For a full description of the tool s scope please see the accompanying report The tool provides a quantitative estimate of emissions for future buildings and activities In doing so it makes assumptions on future developments in Scottish regulation behaviour and infrastructure These assumptions are based on the best available data at the time of design however users should be aware of these assumptions and review them at the time of use of th
53. l emissions from land use 415 tCO change total over all years User Manual V1 21 March 2012 29 COMMERCIAL POLICY COMPONENTS Commercial Commercial Policy Components he wrsta ciment un the F tor heira ssl ba saad as ava fa bu tha nea Pode quw Ss women ae uam K Om ume uem t EI T A 9 p D local Asthor y P Total area of Geveiogrment hectares Spit of Commercial type m Use setae Building nergy Use Bud reputations n force n Repsated dulang emesyon rate Use defaut hi a percentage of 20 0regulalb ns Cay d Edaturjh un CL t0 mum 0 ee 100 as 7 100 N e N utis 0 DD 0 TIEN E E 2013 wx 9 9 Cay dependens y levei Ka Jefer to map Aw ge tng lengths n Use defaut Commercial am achons 1305 Retai non food attractions 665 Retai eof genera aftrachons 665 Supermaket attractors 665 DELI Waste treatment methods 7 Use cota Land Use C Presos and use 7 Use setae Sod type A Use detast User Manual V1 21 March 2012 List ofcreated policy components reate newpolicy components Load existing policy component Save entered data General description ofthe commerdal policy omponent Local Audhoriy identifier to set defaults Uses Local Authority defauts for all data tables Building enemy use data Sets default data for individual tales Transport Data and Use Change data 30 COMM
54. ld amend the Scenario names in the Policy Scenario Table to ones which are meaningful to them based on the policy components which are included in the scenario being calculated 3 11 Policy components can be included or not included in a scenario by hovering over the yes or no boxes and changing the word accordingly 3 12 All the other tables will be filled automatically as the remaining worksheets are completed Policy Scenario Results 3 13 Users are required to select a baseline scenario against which the relative emissions will be compared what the difference between the scenarios is In practice it is likely to be helpful for users to understand the emissions without reference to a baseline in which case users should leave one of the Scenario columns blank and in the Policy Scenario results box select the scenario which is blank User Manual V1 21 March 2012 6 Results are provided for the following emissions categories Building Energy Use reported as an annual figures Transport Energy Use reported as an annual figure Waste reported as a life cycle figure which may be more than a single year Land Use Change based on carbon dioxide alone and reported as a single point figure In reality the carbon dioxide emissions would be released over a period of about 100 years Development Type Worksheets 3 14 Users are presented with four coloured tabs in the workbook which require users to insert data on the four d
55. mponent and then save 4 You can now enter the details of your new policy component Commercial Policy Components Reset All Tables Policy Component Name Local Authori Area ha Example commercial component City of Edinburgh Commercial Policy Component 1 City of Edinburgh Commercial Policy Component 2 City of Edinburgh Commercial Policy Component 3 City of Edinburgh Commercial Policy Component 4 City of Edinburgh Commercial Policy Component 5 City of Edinburgh 1 Create new Policy Component named EIER S4 rg es ee 3 ie eee Pase m T Create New the inputs currently in the Editor below will be used as inputs for the new Policy Component User Manual V1 21 March 2012 31 3 Editing an existing commercial policy component If you want to edit a policy component that you have already entered 1 Click on the yellow box A beside the title edit policy component 2 Use the downward arrow to scroll through the saved policy components and to click on the policy component that you would like to edit 3 The yellow box will then refer to the title of the policy component that you want to edit 4 Click load 5 The previously entered data will appear in the boxes below 6 You can now edit these data When you have completed you edits press the save button 7 This will produce a warning permanent overwrite box Press OK if you are sure that you want to save these edits and overwrite the previousl
56. nothing but you will be able to compare them side by side In this example scenario 10 is selected as the do nothing scenario and this allows for direct comparison of the other scenarios In this example scenario 6 is that with fewest emissions for building energy use User Manual V1 21 March 2012 13 Policy Scenario Results click for guidance on interpreting results Note the graphs below have different vertical axis units and scales Select Baseline Scenario Emissions from Building Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq Scenario 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 Year ami 2015 2015 2015 2020 2020 2020 2020 Housing 8 078 6 605 10 100 5 379 11 613 1 772 10 514 3 324 10 362 35 6 10 Commercial 4 407 5 586 3 557 5 916 2 908 3 432 4 442 3 432 4 970 Other Buildings w O M 5 Other Emissions A S Emissions from Building Energy Use by Development Type tC O2eq 16 000 14 000 12 000 E Commercial 10 000 8 000 4 m Other Buildings 6 000 4 000 4 W Other Emissions 2000 T T T T T T t t T 1 TL Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Scenario 6 Scenario 7 Scenario 8 Scenario 9 Scenario 10 4 Policy Scenario Results Overview The output of the SPACE Tool is not a single comparable emissions equivalent figure Users have four emissions output figures across Building Energy Transport En
57. nto the default boxes which you can then use by clicking the use default boxes However if you change the Local Authority after creating a policy component the revised Local Authority name will not appear in the Commercial Policy Components section To achieve that a new policy component will require to be created but don t worry it is only a couple of clicks to do so D Total area of development hectares Enter the total site area into the user input box including land taken up by buildings car parks and roads and green space This should be entered as hectares not acres E Development in city centre This is a yes or no question Click into the user input box and then click onto the downward pointing triangle that appears to the right of the box Click yes or no What is a city You can include large town centres that have a variety of uses but don t include smaller areas with a low mix of uses or edge of settlement locations The question is asked to assign a relevant density to the development F Split of Commercial Type You can select to use the default type of commercial premises by clicking on the Use default button The default value is that all of the commercial development will be office buildings with a shallow plan no mechanical air conditioning and having a floor area of up to 2 200 square metres Alternatively if you know that the commercial offer will be more varied you can select the of the site are
58. o be inserted The right hand user input box allows the of buildings to be compliant with that reduced standard to be inserted The tool allows a figure of greater than 100 to result so users will need to adjust the of units accordingly For example this would allow you to model how a policy of demanding 596 more efficient standards would perform To use this feature insert the reduction in energy use figure in the left hand user input box and allocate the percentage of this policy component to which this lower figure relates in the right hand user input box To simply use the prevailing building regulations click the use default button C Primary heating fuel mix This box enables you to enter data about the heating fuel associated with this policy component Where this is not known click the use default button and this will insert the current percentage mix for your local authority If a site is known to be likely to use a different mix for example increased use of biomass then these data can be entered into the user input boxes to present a more accurate picture for this site The tool will allow a total of greater than 100 to occur SO users need to adjust the figures accordingly However if for example a biomass boiler was to serve new homes as well as existing homes users could frond a higher than 100 will provide an insight into the emissions effects this might have User Manual V1 21 March 2012 23 6 Transport Secti
59. o be inserted The right hand user input box allows the 96 of buildings to be compliant with that reduced standard to be inserted The tool allows a figure of greater than 10096 to result so users will need to adjust the of units accordingly For example this would allow you to model how a policy of demanding 596 more efficient standards would perform To use this feature simply insert the reduction in energy use figure in the left hand user input box and allocate the percentage of this policy component to which this lower figure relates in the right hand user input box To simply use the prevailing building regulations click the use default button although bear in mind that this will default to the value entered into the Regulated building emission rate user input box C Primary heating fuel mix This box enables you to enter data about the heating fuel associated with this policy component Where this is not known click the use default button and this will insert the current percentage mix for your local authority If for example a site is known to be likely to use a different mix for example primarily electricity then these data can be entered into the user input boxes to present a more accurate picture for this site The tool will allow a total of greater than 100 to occur SO users need to adjust the figures accordingly 6 Transport Section This section is used to enter details about car dependency and trip lengths
60. of development type work sheets are as follows e he Housing Development Type refers to all developments that are to be used as dwellings and includes flats e he Commercial Development Type refers to developments that are for commercial industrial or retail use This does not include the emissions associated with aviation or shipping An airport terminal could be assessed under the Other Buildings development type but offices and hotels associated with the airport would be considered as part of the Commercial Development Type e he Other Buildings Development Type refers to buildings that cannot be included in the Housing or Commercial Development Types For example schools hospitals and leisure centres would fall within this Development Type e he Other Emissions Development Type allows users to include emissions that arise from development not included in the other Development Types This might include quarrying activities for example Main Worksheet 3 The Main worksheet shows the combined results of the housing commercial other buildings and other emissions worksheets 3 8 Users should complete the General Information box Policy Scenario Table 3 9 Only 10 scenarios can be tested per Main worksheet but users are at liberty to test as many scenarios as they wish Users will of course have to begin a new workbook saved under a different name for the 11 and 21 scenarios and so on 3 10 Users shou
61. of operation for each phase It is important to select the correct year as this will also transfer into the results shown in the Main tab 11 2 Key Results Energy Consumption The Total annual CO2 emissions by fuel chart identifies the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent for the fuel used to provide energy to the buildings User Manual V1 21 March 2012 55 Building Energy Use Total annual CO emissions by fuel tCO3 11 3 Key Results Other GHG emissions The Total annual emissions by GHG chart identifies the total annual emissions arising from aspects of the development that you have identified other than those from energy consumption transport waste and land use change Other GHG emissions Total annual emissions by GHG tCOz2eq 0 0 300 0 1 000 0 1 500 0 2 000 0 2 900 0 BECO BcH4 11 4 Key Results Transport The Total annual GHG emissions by vehicle type chart shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the anticipated car and Heavy Goods Vehicle HGV journeys which result form the policy component B Car 11 5 Key Results Waste The Total annual GHG emissions by treatment method shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the treatment of waste resulting from the use of the development User Manual V1 21 March 2012 56 Total annual GHG emissions by treatment methad tCOzeq 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 B Recycling
62. on This section is used to enter details about car dependency and trip lengths This enables the tool to factor in typical private transport emissions into its results No account is taken of existing trips that will no longer happen as a result of the new development Car dependency level refer to map Cars Default Cars 1 Use default 7 Cars per household 0 7 00 Average trip lengths p Default km 13 0 Use default To retaj ES To other A Car dependency level Data zone maps supplied with this tool www scotland gov uk SPACE should be used to enter the car dependency level For a site you should be able to use the map to identify the car dependency level in the area of that site For the local authority level as a whole use all the maps to come to a generic figure of car dependence One of five categories from very high to very low can be chosen using the drop down list in the user input box This enables the tool to calculate how often typical car journeys will be taken However should the car dependency for the area you are interested in be very high you could prepare an aspirational alternative component where the car dependency was very low for example you anticipate much greater public and active travel for the area in the future B Cars per household You can use this user input box to enter the number of estimated cars per household This defaults to one however you can change it where you ar
63. otal 100 Soil type Default Use default Organic 076 Organo Mineral gag Mineral 100926 10095 Total 100 A Previous land use This allows you to enter details about the land use prior to the development set out in the policy component This enables the tool to calculate emissions based on land use change The default land use is brownfield Select brownfield if the site has been previously developed select forest if the land has woody vegetation select grassland for pastures and open moorland grassland select cropland for land used for annual and perennial crops If the land use is a variety of the types set out then this can be indicated by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box B Soil type Soil type can have a significant impact on emissions Use this section to identify soil types relevant to the site or policy in this policy component Soil type can have a significant impact on emissions Use this box to identify soil types relevant to the site or policy in this policy component Advice on soil types is available from Soil Indicators for Scottish Soils SIFSS http sifss macaulay ac uk The default soil type is mineral However you may be aware that the soil type is not mineral or is a variety of soil types This can be accounted for by a for each type inserted into the relevant user input box Development will affect the soil and as such the emissions stored within it which can be released into th
64. ppliances Total annual CO emissions by fuel tCO 300 0 1 000 0 1 500 0 2 000 0 10 3 Key Results Transport The Total annual GHG emissions by journey purpose chart shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the range of anticipated car journeys which result form the policy component The emissions resulting form other service vehicles for example delivery vehicles are not included Transport Total annual GHG emissions by joumey purpose tCO eq 0 0 10000 20000 3 000 0 40000 5 000 0 6 000 0 7 000 0 B Commercial attractions B Retail non food attractions 8 Retail food general attractions B Supermarket attractions 10 4 Key Results Waste The Total annual GHG emissions by treatment method shows the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent resulting from the in use waste treatment of the dwellings Total annual GHG emissions by treatment method tCOzeq 5 000 0 0 0 5 000 0 10 000 0 15 000 0 20 000 0 25 000 0 B Recycling Bl Composting B ncineration Bi Landfill User Manual V1 21 March 2012 38 10 5 Key Hesults Land Use Change The Total emissions from land use change total over all years are identified as a single figure but would occur over a period of between 50 and 150 years There will be no figure identified if the development is to take place on brownfield land as that has previously been developed and the release of emissions stored in the soil previou
65. question mark within them Clicking the mouse pointer on the question mark will reveal information about the related user input box For example clicking the mouse pointer on the Development in City Centre related question mark in the Commercial worksheet informs the user that selecting yes or no affects the building density that will be applied to the calculation Key results 3 23 These show the emissions results based on a year in which the emissions will arise Users can select the year which might be in the early stages of the development plan or at a much later point The change selecting a later year creates is it applies factors such as the predicted tightening of Scottish Building Standards as they move towards zero carbon buildings 3 24 The results seen are in real time and will change as users alter the input figures However it is only the data which is saved within the workbook which is carried forward to the Main tab 3 25 When reading the charts please be aware that the scale of each chart is different and can also change on individual charts as the year for results is changed Further guidance 3 26 From within the workbook users can at any point click on the Instructions tab to see guidance on individual worksheets User Manual V1 21 March 2012 8 SPATIAL PLANNING ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE EMISSIONS SPACE A STEP BY STEP GUIDE This section of the guide takes users through the detailed aspects of the indiv
66. r notes that may be relevant to the data entered and results achieved 2 Policy Scenario Table This table allows you to build different policy scenarios based around the policy components you have entered into the housing commercial other buildings and other emissions worksheets Policy Scenario Table Reset All Tables Scenarios Policy Components Example Housing Compg Housing Site 1 Housing Site 2 Housing Site 3 Housing Site 4 Housing Site 5 Housing Site 6 Housing Site 7 Housing Site 8 Housing Site 9 Commercial Example commercial component Commercial Policy Component 1 Commercial Policy Component 2 Commercial Policy Component 3 Commercial Policy Component 4 Commercial Policy Component 5 Other Buildings Example Other Buildings Component No No No No No No N No No Other Buildings 1 No Yes amp No Yes Yes Yes No No Example Other Emissions Component No No No No No No No No No No A Policy Components On the left hand side all the policy components you have entered will be displayed Up to 200 separate policy components can be created B Creating Scenarios You can then create up to 10 different scenarios by clicking on or off the different policy components to be included in your scenario You can click on or off by hovering over the relevant box and choosing from the drop down menu C Naming Scenarios Once you have created a scenario by choosing the relevant policy components
67. rom the policy component These data contribute to the outcomes set out in the main tab where the policy component be selected as part of a policy scenario The tool sets out the emissions only for the data which has been inserted It does not suggest total policy component emissions as it does not allow for any displacement of other emissions which might occur as a result of new development Important When reading the charts please be aware that the scale of each chart is different and can also change on individual charts as the year for results is changed 10 1 Key Results Changing the Year At the top of the Key Results section is a user input box that enables you to change the year for which the results are given The year selected should be the year in which the development as set out in the policy component is expected to become fully operational If a development is to occur in phases this can be calculated more accurately by preparing a policy component for each phase and allocating the anticipated year of operation for each phase It is important to select the correct year as this will also transfer into the results shown in the Main tab 10 2 Key Results Building energy use User Manual V1 21 March 2012 46 The Total annual CO2 emissions by fuel chart identifies the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent for the fuel used to provide energy to the buildings Building Energy Use Total annual CO emissions by fuel tCO
68. s to development would have been initiated by the original development of the site Changes such as increased foundation depth are not accounted for Land Use Change Total emissions from land use 12 869 tCO change total over all years User Manual V1 21 March 2012 39 OTHER BUILDINGS This worksheet allows users to assess buildings that are neither residential nor commercial in nature One example would be a school Other Buildings Other Buildings Policy Components List of created palicy components Create new palicy components Policy Component Nara Local Awmi Example Other Buildings Component National Average Create now Pobcy Component named the inputs currently in the Editor below will be used as inputs for the new Policy Component Load existing policy component Edit Policy Component Example Other Buildings Component General Save entered data Description zn General description af the commercial policy component Local Authority identifier to set defaults Total budding energy demand including appliances amp operations Building energy use data E Units of actraty Ek Humber of units of activity per day 2 Transport Data Humber of trips per unit actively 7 Vehicle type rips peer un Average trip lengths Vehiche type km per trip Waste Waste Data Waste treatment methods Area of development Previous land use j zT T r JArea 3 Land Use
69. save button at the top of the worksheet adjacent to the section title Edit Policy Component towards the top of the worksheet 2 A Warning Permanent Overwrite box will appear If you are sure that you have entered the right data and want to save then click OK 3 You are now able to create more policy components using the create function described in section 2 above 4 f you would like to edit any data that you have entered into a saved policy component then you can do this using the edit function described in section 3 above Important This saves the component within the worksheet but does not save the spreadsheet on your computer To save your work on your computer you will need to use the standard save or save as functions on your excel software User Manual V1 21 March 2012 26 10 Key Results On the right of the work sheet is a section entitled key results This is a summary of the estimated emissions from the policy component These data contribute to the outcomes set out in the main tab where the policy component be selected as part of a policy scenario The tool sets out the emissions only for the data which has been inserted It does not suggest total policy component emissions as it does not allow for any displacement of other emissions which might occur as a result of new development Important When reading the charts please be aware that the scale of each chart is different and can also chan
70. st 10 2009 Medium Medium published Regular updates not critical but SEPA Strategic Waste Management Review 2006 2007 proved Gata Commercial waste data Medium Medium WOUE BEVAN beneficial as User Manual V1 21 March 2012 64 Significance Recommended in update Dataset Source calculations frequency current estimates are approximations Recommended that this is updated every Composition of landfilled WRAP The composition of municipal solid waste in time an update is waste in Scotland Scotland 2010 Medium Medium published Would be useful to update but values are unlikely to change very quickly with time so regular Soil carbon densities CEH Inventory and projections of UK emissions by updating is kg m in Scotland under sources and removals by sinks due to land use land use considered less the IPCC land categories change and forestry Table 1 22 2009 High essential Defra UK GHG inventory Table A3 7 24 2010 Medium oue RE URREU Forest biomass densities to update but User Manual V1 21 March 2012 65 Significance Recommended in update Dataset Source calculations frequency Would be useful to update but values are unlikely to change very quickly with time so regular Equilibrium biomass carbon updating is density kg m for considered less different land types Deafra UK GHG inventory Table A3 7 18 2010 Medium LOW essential User Manual V1 21 March 2012 66 tonnes
71. ta is explained in the Instructions worksheet 3 2 Each worksheet is briefly described below and in detail later in the manual Please use the hyperlinks in the table of contents to navigate to the detailed sections of the manual User Manual V1 21 March 2012 4 Welcome Tab Worksheet T IVU UDUIL LCACCI ers uH uu JQFFAXLC UU p GLULE UOLO circi cu D urmnmpauumcuy Wwiuue Home Insert Page Layout Formulas Data Review View Add Ins x Cut EL EAS Porn gt Autosum r aros wns je fA mmus Ernanran EK d momo d 23 Copy md uos 2i ee ig Fin Zi Paste i B 7 U p Ea S aS S Merge amp Cente Gm 04 0 00 Conditional Format cell Insert Delete Format Sort amp Find amp Q Format Painter J E IE BRE ERE End Merg une Sd T 80 se Formatting as Table Styles c Clear 7 Filter Select Clipboard Tu Font Alignment Number Styles Cells Editing x Security Warning Macros have been disabled Options B34 Scottish Government Quantitative greenhouse gas impact assessment a tool for spatial planning policy development Version 3 6 This tool has been developed to give policy makers a snapshot into the GHG emission impacts of spatial planning policy Please refer to the Intructions tab for a user quide IMPORTANT NOTICE This tool is intended to help planners quantify the potential consequences in terms of greenhouse gas em
72. tool they are using should questions about the source data arise at a later date For this reason it is also important that users continue to run a single version of the SPACE tool to support their decision making Should a new version of the SPACE tool be released part way through a users project the user will need to decide whether to continue using the existing version they have downloaded or transfer to the new version It is not anticipated that the SPACE Tool will be subject to frequent updates as it has been designed to be as long standing as possible User Manual V1 21 March 2012 59 APPENDIX 3 DATA SOURCES for updates Significance Recommended in update Dataset Source calculations frequency Notes Projections are likely to be updated National Grid electricity periodically by carbon intensity projections Inter departmental Analysts Group Tables 1 20 DECC and average supporting the toolkit and guidance DECC 2010 Low Medium published New factors are issued by Defra Defra Guidlines to Dfra DECC s Greenhouse Gas annually but Conversion Factors for Company Reporting updated often the changes Fuel emissions factors September 2010 High Medium are small Housing excluding Only used for Proportions of housing General Register Office for Scotland Estimates of aa types by Local Authority Households and Dwellings in Scotland 2009 Defaults Low data likely to be published User Manual V1 21 March 20
73. tting Started 2 1 Information on SPACE is available at the launch pad website www scotland gov uk SPACE e Click on the Launch button e Head the information in the window that opens noting which version of SPACE you will be using This will be important in the future if you need to go back into the working for updates for example The data which supports the results may be updated in the future e Click either Open or Open in new window e Excel will now open and you are prompted to enable or disable macros Click enable macros e You are presented with seven tabs in the excel workbook On first use read the instructions tab otherwise proceed to work with the other tabs spreadsheets as appropriate e When opening up the spreadsheets for the first time you will notice that they contain an example Delete the example when you are preparing your own components and scenarios as the examples will affect the results you are presented with The SPACE Tool 3 1 There are seven tabs or worksheets that are presented to the user The Introduction worksheet opens automatically the first time the SPACE tool is downloaded There are 6 other worksheets that you can access by clicking on the relevant tab at the bottom of the screen The user will be to create policy scenarios with as much information as possible within the Housing Commercial Other Buildings and Other Emissions worksheets The method of inserting da
74. use as your comparator but inserting the scenario number in the box titled select baseline scenario Marked A In the example below scenario 5 is used as the baseline Policy Scenario Results click for guidance on interpreting results Note the graphs below have different vertical axis units and scales Select Baseline Scenario enario 5 Emissions from Building Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq Scenario 1 2 10 Year Lm Lm Lame ome Lom ms p oma nm p ma Am Housing 3 534 1 513 6234 9841 1 098 8 289 1 231 4 631 Commercial 1 499 8 sis 3 008 D 1 534 2 062 Other Buildings ECC xp oo 3E o xo s A ECL MEC EC 4E Other Emissions LUC a Emissions from Building Energy Use by Development Type tCO2eq 4 000 4 2 000 Bn A 3 4 Scenario 5 S 6 M E Commercial 2 000 E 4 000 4 m Other Buildings 6 000 8 000 4 E Other Emissions 10 000 4 12 000 3 2 Compare all scenarios against a do nothing scenario You can do this by creating one policy scenario by clicking no to all the policy components This allows you to then compare the remaining 9 scenarios against this do nothing baseline To do this simply enter the number of the do nothing scenario in the box titled select baseline scenario Marked A When the results are displayed all the scenarios will show a positive reading as all will result in emissions compared with doing
75. which might occur as a result of new development Important When reading the charts please be aware that the scale of each chart is different and can also change on individual charts as the year for results is changed 10 1 Key Results Changing the Year At the top of the Key Results section is a user input box that enables you to change the year for which the results are given The year selected should be the year in which the development as set out in the policy component is expected to become fully operational If a development is to occur in phases this can be calculated more accurately by preparing a policy component for each phase and allocating the anticipated year of operation for each phase It is important to select the correct year as this will also transfer into the results shown in the Main tab Key results 2011 10 2 Key Results Building energy use The Total annual CO emissions by end use chart identifies the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent for housing based on the dwelling type and building emission rates as a of building standards 2010 The Total annual CO2 emissions by fuel chart identifies the tonnes of carbon emissions equivalent for the fuel used to heat the dwellings User Manual V1 21 March 2012 37 Building Energy Use Total annual CO2 emissions by end use tCO2 300 0 1 000 0 1 500 0 2 000 0 E a Heating B Water Heating m Cooling B Lighting B Auxiliary fans pumps E A
76. y saved data Edit Policy Component Commercial Policy Component 5 Load i Save m 4 General Section This section requires general information about this commercial policy component General Description High Road Retail Park Use all defaults Local Authority Total area of development hectares Development in city centre rcc Split of Commercial type Type 06 RUINIS Offices deep plan a c 12 000 m2 096 Use default Offices shallow plan a c 2 200 m2 095 Offices shallow plan na a c 2 200 m2 096 10095 Retail non food a c 250 m2 100975 Retail food a c 250 m2 095 Supermarkets 2 600 m2 0 6 Warehouses large 2 500 m2 0 6 Warehouses small 600 m2 Total ra Uo A Description This is a free text box which allows you to enter details of the site or policy to which this policy component relates You may also wish to use this box for other information such as any assumptions that you have used when entering the data or any specific data you have entered in place of the defaults B Use all defaults This button allows you to use default data national or Local Authority specific as previously selected in relevant sections User Manual V1 21 March 2012 32 C Local Authority You selected this when creating the Policy Component This drop down menu allows you to enter your Local Authority This will import default data relevant to your local authority i
77. you wish to make up that scenario you can then give it a name by clicking on the yellow boxes named scenario 1 2 etc D Identifying Year It is important also to identify for which year the emissions have been calculated These will vary as improvements in emissions eg from enhanced building regulations or through an increase in renewable energy in the electricity mix have been factored into the tool You can then move on to develop further scenarios by clicking on or off a different set of policy components Each time when complete give each scenario a name and identify the year for which the emissions have been calculated User Manual V1 21 March 2012 12 3 Creating Baseline Scenarios The SPACE tool is designed to compare different options The baseline scenario can be selected from any of the 10 scenarios and one of the scenarios must be selected The purpose of the baseline scenario is to establish a policy state against which the other policy scenarios can be assessed Therefore you need to identify which of your scenarios is going to act as the baseline You can do this in one of two main ways 3 1 Compare a scenario against the others This allows you to see whether one scenario results in greater or fewer greenhouse gas emissions than the other scenarios you have entered Those with more emissions will result in a positive number those with less will have a negative number You can identify which scenario you wish to

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