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Carbon Footprint Determination |
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| Greenhouse gases and global climate change have become important subjects for industries and businesses of all kinds. Confronted with consumer demands and political and cultural pressures for more environmentally-sound practices, these crucial environmental issues have become key factors in the business decisions made by companies. Some of the world’s largest corporations, as well as much smaller industries, are pushing their supply chain vendors to release data about their carbon emissions and climate change mitigation strategies, creating a situation in which companies of all sizes and in all industries are affected by these environmental concerns. Therefore, determining the carbon footprint of a facility is becoming more and more important for companies, from both an environmental and economic perspective.
Nearly all industrial facilities release some level of carbon emissions to the environment. Most of these emissions are related to energy use, the combustion of fossil fuels being a key example. Carbon emissions at an industrial facility can be categorized in two large classes – direct and indirect emissions.
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Direct carbon emissions: carbon releases from sources owned or controlled by an organization, such as emissions from a facility boiler or fugitive emissions from refrigeration equipment. Some of the main categories of direct carbon emissions for a facility include:
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Indirect carbon emissions: carbon releases from organizational activities that occur off-site of the facility or are controlled by another company (e.g., purchased electricity that is consumed). Some of the main categories of indirect carbon emissions for a facility include:
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| Conversion Technology, Inc. (CTI) maintains a trained staff of engineers experienced in assisting facilities with a wide variety of environmental issues. CTI is available to work with your facility to determine its carbon footprint, examining both direct and indirect carbon emissions. Our goal is to assist your facility in achieving compliance with vendor requirements, as well as facilitating both environmental and economic stability for your company in the face of modern environmental challenges. | ||||||||
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