Project Findings. 4 The Board of Supervisors makes the following findings:
Project Findings. Key project findings from the field trial, economic analysis and identification of barriers and opportunities are summarized in this section. The comprehensive results and discussion of all findings from the field trial and economic analysis are detailed in Appendices A and B. Crop Yield Results from the three-year field trial suggest that the biochar-only and biochar-compost (mix) soil amendments had neutral or negative effects on crop yields for conventionally-grown Brussel sprouts in coastal San Mateo County. The compost-only treatment had a neutral or positive affect on crop yields. Another trend was lower crop yields across all the treatments and the control during the second harvest (fall 2013). A variety of factors that could have affected these results were considered, but no single cause or explanation for these outcomes was identified.
Project Findings. 5.3.1. Summary of the ODS/HFC Bank The ODS/HFC Bank peaked in 1996 at nearly 364 million tCO2-eq. and has been gradually reducing since then. In 2005 it was around 316 million tCO2-eq.The buildings end-use accounted for 85% and the appliances end-use accounted for 9% of the 2005 Bank. Other applications – Transport Refrigerated Units and Marine buoyancy accounted for the remaining 6%. By 2020, the Bank is estimated to be 227 million tCO2-eq. Although the total Bank is decreasing due to the continuing phase- out of ODSs, the HFC bank continues to increase, with an estimated 31.6 million tCO2eq in 2010; growing to 98.8 million tCO2eq by 2020. The majority of HFC banks growth between 2010 and 2020 will be in the buildings the sector. Table 5-1 SUMMARY 0F ALL BLOWING AGENT BANKS (1996-2020) Banks per Application/End‐Use Category (million tCO2‐eq) ‐ All Year Buildings Appliances Other Refrigeration TRUs Marine & Other Totals 1996 286.31 41.28 6.08 15.01 15.01 363.69 2005 267.72 28.89 2.82 7.81 7.81 315.05 2010 244.97 25.15 1.59 3.65 3.65 279.01 2020 182.73 37.92 2.01 2.49 2.49 227.64 Table 5-2 SUMMARY 0F HFC BLOWING AGENT BANKS (1996-2020) Banks per Application/End‐Use Category (million tCO2‐eq) ‐ HFCs only Year Buildings Appliances Other Refrigeration TRUs Marine & Other Totals 1996 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 2005 2.93 5.79 0.25 0.69 0.69 10.35 2010 9.99 17.27 0.89 1.72 1.72 31.59 2020 53.98 37.88 2.00 2.47 2.47 98.80
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