Anaerobic Digestion 

Anaerobic Digestion is the natural, biological degradation of organic matter in the absence of oxygen yielding biogas.  The projects are based upon the recovering of the biogas for the generation of electricity.

Heat, odor, and GHG are captured and converted into energy; anaerobic digestion is the only waste management system that captures biogas (methane) produced by the farming industry and reduces dependence on fossil fuels while reducing energy production costs.

• Zoo's
• India projects

Deconstruction / Reuse

These projects are new and innovative ways to offset GHG through the reuse of building materials.  The avoidance of manufacturing a new product will eliminate the CO2 lifecycle of the original manufacturing.

Energy Efficiency 

These projects reduce the GHG effect through energy efficiency purchases and audits.  A CDM energy efficiency project involving the retrofitting of lighting fixtures in existing commercial buildings larger than 1,000 square meters in any country's four largest cities would qualify.

• Zoo’s
• Library’s
• Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center

These projects involve all sectors of government, business, and institutions.  These projects include manure management, landfill gas, shifting truck freight to rail, afforestation, smart growth, power plant upgrades, etc.

Reforestation – Planting trees

Firms in all sectors invest in carbon sequestration or offset projects (sinks) that remove carbon from the atmosphere through reforestation, sustainable forest management or conservation tillage.  These projects can be conducted in the US or foreign countries.  For more information about our Reforestation Projects CLICK HERE .

• US
• China
• Ecuador

Renewable Energy

These projects produce electricity from wind, solar, or geothermal sources, biomass, and energy conversion systems.  Unlike the combustion of coal, natural gas, and distillate fuel which produce carbon dioxide, wind, solar and hydroelectric energy systems emit no GHG because their fuel or energy source is carbon free.

Although biomass energy systems utilize combustion and do produce carbon dioxide emissions in producing electricity, these emissions are considered “carbon dioxide neutral”.  The carbon dioxide in these emissions are not considered to increase the GHG in the atmosphere because the CO2 was removed from the atmosphere by plants within the very recent past as part of the natural global carbon cycle.  Also, if not used as electricity generation, the biomass would have decayed thus emitting an equivalent amount of CO2 to the atmosphere.

• Zoo’s
• Shipping docks
• US
• India
• China
• Ecuador

Waste Methane

These projects are considered the highest quality projects per Kyoto Protocol and carbon credits, capturing and flaring methane at closed landfills and mines where it is not standard business practice and not mandated by regulations.  The only motivation to do so was through carbon credits.