by Jbs030309 f3 — March 4, 2009—Leonardo Academy announced recently that the International Facility Management Association (IFMA)’s FM-3D conference, held February 23-25, 2009 in San Diego, CA, attained Cleaner and Greener Certification, meaning pollution contributing to climate change and human health problems caused by energy use for the event was offset.
Renewable Choice Energy donated 7,920 kWh of renewable energy credits (RECs) and 58.9 metric tons of carbon reductions to offset the event emissions.
The donated emission reduction credits will be retired, offsetting more than 100 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and mercury (Hg) emissions, 10 percent of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 3 percent of particulates that were discharged to the atmosphere from conference facilities, travel, meals, lodging, utilities, and other potential energy use connected to the conference. This reportedly equates to more than 144,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, 59 pounds of sulfur dioxide, 21 pounds of nitrogen oxides, 2 pounds of particulates, and 0.1 grams of mercury pollution offset for the event.
Conference energy use and emission estimates were prepared by Leonardo Academy. A complete description of emissions and offsets for the event is available on the Cleaner and Greener Web site.
