Existing Reap Users

Reap

REAP provides scenario and modelling and policy assessment on the issue of Sustainable Consumption and Production. Designed by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, REAP uses some of the most sophisticated modelling approaches to understand the material flows, carbon dioxide emissions, greenhouse gas emissions and Ecological Footprint of the UK, regions and local authorities.

Basic functions

REAP is a database of all the footprint data in the UK, updated as new data is released and also a highly sophisticated model for policy and scenario analysis. Using the baseline data the tool provides the following functions (for all local authorities and regions in the UK):

• Footprint data by production sector
• Footprint by household consumption category
• Time series emissions data from 1992-2004 by region
  
• A comparison tool to compare data across geographies
• A composite region function to join local authorities or regions
  
• Update data function where baseline data can be changed
• Future scenario creation and analysis
  
• Evaulation of scenarios and results display

Scenario Functions

The scenario functions in REAP enable a policy maker to answer the "What If" question about the effects of policy on the environment helping to formulate strategies for local, regional and national government.

Scenarios can be created across all areas of consumption, allowing the user to see the effects of changes to consumption on the footprint in the local area over time. For example, users can assess the impact of alterations of:

• Household Energy Demand
• Distance travelled
• Food consumption

Changes to population and other consumable goods and services can also be incorporated, along with changes to the efficiencies of different production sectors over time.

All of these areas of consumption can be changed individually or as a group, allowing scenarios to be as simple or complex as required.