| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.29 |
| Liaison | Jennifer Andrews |
| Submission Date | Aug. 2, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of New Hampshire
Tier2-2: Local Offsets Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Brett
Pasinella Program Coordinator: Biodiversity Education Initiative and Climate Education Initiative University Office of Sustainaility |
Does the institution have a local offsets program through which the institution seeks to offset its greenhouse gas emissions by implementing projects that reduce GHG emissions in the local community?:
A brief description of the program:
UNH sells REC's off our EcoLine landfill gas pipeline into our cogeneration plan. We use the funds to finance the EcoLine project and to reinvest in our revolving energy efficiency fund on campus. As a result, we cannot claim all of the greenhouse emissions reductions from our production and use on campus of renewable energy as someone else is "buying" this right. In the end, though, UNH is reducing emissions, helping others to do so, and our state and region meet its renewable energy and climate change goals.
http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/climate_ed/cogen_landfillgas.html
http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/climate_ed/recs.html
UNH students have also worked through Carbon Solutions New England and the New England Carbon Challenge to help NH governments, towns, households, and businesses calculate their energy use, track emissions, and lower both.
The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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