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Figure 2: Considered themes in BEI (%tCO2eq/year) – City of Hurghada, Governorate of Red Sea 2015
Compared to the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) recommendations for SECAPs:
• Non-energetic and energetic GHG emissions for waste management, energetic GHG emissions for water and
wastewater management (pumping, treatment, etc.) were taken into account as the two cities (Hurghada and
Luxor) can plan actions on both of these topics; and
• Non-energetic emissions of industrial activities (refrigerant leakage of buildings and vehicles) were not taken
into account, as information on these topics wasn’t sufficient. Note that these topics are not mandatory
according to the CoM.
Additionally, it is important to understand what the tertiary buildings are. These are namely all buildings that are neither
residential, nor for industrial or agricultural use. For example, stores, offices, banks, hospitals, logistical warehouses,
sports and leisure facilities, and other private services buildings.
1.3. Detailed methodology on each sector
An Excel spreadsheet file was created to gather all data collected from the Governorate of Red Sea, specifically for the
City of Hurghada (administrative borders) stating each source, year of reference and calculations made. This file allows
data crunching to calculate GHG emissions from information related to energy consumption.
1.3.1. Common data sets
1.3.1.1 Population statistics
Population statistics are coming from Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Egypt 80 442 443 82 040 994 83 787 634 85 660 902 87 613 909 89 579 670 91 508 084
Gov. of Red Sea 324 714 344 384 365 342 388 852 413 192 443 728 472 203
City of Hurghada 180 997 203 978 216 747 230 315 247 336 263 209 279 684
In 2015, the population of the City of Hurghada was 279,684 inhabitants, which is about 0.3% of Egypt’s total population.
1.3.1.2 Employment statistics
The employment figures are typical of Hurghada activities. Tourism is the main sector, with more than 33,000 jobs. So,
to take into consideration this specificity, a specific part was created in the BEI.
Number of Employed Persons (Private, NGO, Gov.)
Manufacturing Agro-food Tourism Total
Egypt (2012) 3,285,249 (2) 7,991,148 (2) 1,410,000 (2) 29,596,846 (1)
Egypt (2009) 3,104,720 (2) 7,252,829 (2) 1,620,000 (2) 25,448,525 (1)
City of Hurghada* 313 (3) 225 (3) 33,238 (3) 129,058 (3)
* The data for the City of Hurghada represent the year 2015
(1) CAPMAS
(2) Egypt country report for the 2014 ministerial conference on youth employment
(3) Hurghada Labour Force directorate
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