Carbon Positive

carbonpositive makes it possible for any organisation to reduce greenhouse gases and fight global warming.

Most public and private sector organisations in industrialised countries are directly or indirectly responsible for large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. When a carbon-based fuel such as oil, coal or gas is burnt, CO2 is emitted. The vast majority of power generated in the world is derived from burning carbon-based fuels, whether for electricity generation, manufacturing processes or transportation.

Some examples are given below of how much CO2 is emitted by different activities and installations. You could use these to decide how carbonpositive you want your organisation to become.

Once you know how many CERs you would like to receive (each CER corresponds to one tonne of CO2 emitted), you can commission, or invest in, a carbonpositive project aimed at delivering the required emission reductions.

During the project lifecycle you will receive:

• Regular progress updates
• Regular updated versions of your "project blueprint" document
  
• The CERs that you are due when CERs are generated

Also in this section:
Why don't I get a guaranteed amount of CERs?

Activity / Installation	Tonnes of CO2 emissions per year
Typical household energy consumption 2	4
Using a typical family car 3	5
One Business Class return plane journey in Europe every month 4	6
District heating plant 5	423
Chemicals plant 6	11,004
Pulp and paper plant 7	258,174
Cement plant 8	1,110,900
Refinery 9	6,646,971

1 Note that the table only gives CERs required to offset CO₂ emissions. Many of the activities and installations in the table also emit other greenhouse gases which have a much greater Global Warming Potential than CO₂.

Emissions vary depending on the size of the installation. Examples given here are based on specific installations that have been allocated emissions allowances for 2005 by their respective governments under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

2 Based on estimated annual household energy consumption of 0.7 tonnes oil equivalent.

3 Estimated typical CO₂ emissions for a car based on driving 12,000 miles per year at 29mpg, and official UK data from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

4 Based on estimates from National Energy Foundation, and a return flight distance of approximately 1,000 miles.

5 FHKW Dornach Linz AG Linz, Austria.

6 Croda Chemicals Europe Ltd, UK.

7 Vipap Videm Krško, Proizvodnja papirjain celuloze, d.d., Slovenia.

8 Aalborg Portland A/S, Denmark.

9 Shell Ned. Raffinaderij BV, Netherlands.