Municipality of Pachalum

Guatemala
Summary
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    Population 15000
  • km 2
    Area 100.0
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    GDP N/A
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Targets

Targets by Municipality of Pachalum

Energy efficiency target

 

65% Energy efficiency improvement by 2017

  • The Municipality of Pachalum committed to increase its energy efficiency in Primary energy and Community energy consumption by 65% by 2017 compared to 2016 levels.
  • This target will be achieved in Electricity sectors

 

Actions
municipal development plan
Annual operative plan
Street lighting - Municipality of Pachalum
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  • Type: Technical / Infrastructural
  • Status: Planning phase

The action of replacing the current mercury lamps for led lamps has the purpose of reducing the greenhouse gases and energy consumption. It will mean a save of the 65% of the energy consumption. This action includes training for the municipal employees, so they can learn the correct maintenance of the led lamps and the benefits of this technology.

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Waste - Municipality of Pachalum
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  • Type: Technical / Infrastructural
  • Status: Planning phase

The creation of places where the waste separation be posible and the implementation of a gathering service will: help to make a decrease in the green house gases, take care of the environment and reduce money used by the municipality to take care of the waste. Also it will create new jobs.

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Transportation - Municipality of Pachalum
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  • Type: Awareness-raising / Promotion
  • Status: Planning phase

The action includes enable vehicles parking lot to avoid cars parked in the street and promote a good vehicles influx. Also the usage of control cameras to increase the vehicles safety and the appropriate signaling installation is considered. The target of the action is to reduce the traffic congestion and accidents in a 70%.

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Ground usage change - Municipality of Pachalum
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  • Type: Strategy / Policy
  • Status: Planning phase

The target is to reverse the deforestation and degradation, increase the plant coverage and the ground carbon content. Another goal is to motivate the rural communities to use more efficient wood stoves and implement preservation ground practices in the family´s orchard. 200,000 coffee plants will be planted and the reduction will be a 30% in the wood usage as well as a reduction of 10% in ground degradation.

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Inventories
Community inventories

The Municipality of Pachalum has reported 1 Community emission inventory, since 2016. In its latest inventory, compiled in 2016, the Transport, Waste management and Stationary energy are identified as key emission sources.

GHG emission from Municipality of Pachalum
GHG inventory in 2016
Government operations inventory

GHG emission from Municipality of Pachalum
GHG inventory in
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Initiative

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