To determine the current annual carbon emissions from all non-stationary fossil fuel requiring sources within the Division of Maintenance and Development of the Prince Georges County Department of Parks and Recreation and to propose a plan of action that will lower these carbon emissions by 50% over the next decade.
Concept 1: Fleet vehicles
Concept 2: Carbon emissions
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Kawamoto, R., Mochizuki, H., Moriguchi, Y., Nakano, T., Motohashi, M., Sakai, Y., & Inaba, A. (2019). Estimation of CO2 Emissions of internal combustion engine vehicle and battery electric vehicle using LCA. Sustainability, 11(9), 2690. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/9/2690/htm