WHAT IS CARBON NEUTRAL?
President Barrack Obama has indicated that his administration’s goal is to implement “Cap and Trade” legislation. This will bring to the forefront the concept of our country’s participation in the new international agreement that will replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012, beginning to be known as the Copenhagen Protocol. The new legislation will cause awareness that we, the US, must reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases to diminish the global warming affects associated with increased levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (CO2e).
In essence everything we use, own, or consume has a carbon footprint associated with its production. Until recently there has been no method of scientifically establishing the actual carbon footprint of manufactured products across the broad spectrum of goods and services.
The president of Telemark, Frank Dalene, member and cofounder of HGA, has created the first indexing system and methodology to establish an objective and scientific way of measuring the carbon footprint associated with the production of all manufactured products. The HGA House will be the pilot program in establishing a standard, in the way a carbon footprint can be scientifically and accurately measured in the manufacturing of a home. It will be important, that a demonstration of this methodology be established. Without it, the claim of carbon neutrality associated with the construction of homes and buildings will be without merit and subjective.
To our knowledge no one in the world has successfully constructed a home with a carbon neutral footprint because the science did not exist until now. We will provide the science and certify the carbon neutral status of this home. Aside from the calculation of the carbon footprint of the construction of the home we will also calculate the carbon footprint of the home’s operation going forward with the goal of certifying the carbon neutrality of the home’s lifecycle. To do so, it will be helpful that the goal of zero energy is met. It will be our intention to offset Co2e emissions in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and established science surrounding the Kyoto Protocol to achieve carbon neutrality certification.
President Barrack Obama has indicated that his administration’s goal is to implement “Cap and Trade” legislation. This will bring to the forefront the concept of our country’s participation in the new international agreement that will replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012, beginning to be known as the Copenhagen Protocol. The new legislation will cause awareness that we, the US, must reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases to diminish the global warming affects associated with increased levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (CO2e).
In essence everything we use, own, or consume has a carbon footprint associated with its production. Until recently there has been no method of scientifically establishing the actual carbon footprint of manufactured products across the broad spectrum of goods and services.
The president of Telemark, Frank Dalene, member and cofounder of HGA, has created the first indexing system and methodology to establish an objective and scientific way of measuring the carbon footprint associated with the production of all manufactured products. The HGA House will be the pilot program in establishing a standard, in the way a carbon footprint can be scientifically and accurately measured in the manufacturing of a home. It will be important, that a demonstration of this methodology be established. Without it, the claim of carbon neutrality associated with the construction of homes and buildings will be without merit and subjective.To our knowledge no one in the world has successfully constructed a home with a carbon neutral footprint because the science did not exist until now. We will provide the science and certify the carbon neutral status of this home. Aside from the calculation of the carbon footprint of the construction of the home we will also calculate the carbon footprint of the home’s operation going forward with the goal of certifying the carbon neutrality of the home’s lifecycle. To do so, it will be helpful that the goal of zero energy is met. It will be our intention to offset Co2e emissions in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and established science surrounding the Kyoto Protocol to achieve carbon neutrality certification.