Events Certfied Events Details - 5th Annual CARE Conference
Certfied Events
Event
- Title:
- 5th Annual CARE Conference
- When:
- 05.08.2007 - 05.10.2007
- Where:
- Francis Marion Hotel - Charleston
- Category:
- Gold Certified
Description
Name of organization holding event: Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)
Event Statistics:
| Event Attendance | 149 Total: 10 local, 56 regional, 79 national and 4 international |
| Total Event Meeting Floor Space | 16,519 avg. square feet per day |
| Total Electricity Consumption | 20,482 kWh |
| Total Natural Gas Use | 824 therms |
| Total Air Passenger Miles | 165,146 miles, (2,461 gallons kerosene) |
| Total Vehicle Miles | 33,288 VMTs, (1,556 gallons gasoline) |
Estimated Emissions and Emissions Offsets for 2007 CARE Annual Conference
Pollutant Type | Emissions Caused by Event Energy Use (lbs.) | Emission Reduction Offsets by Donor and Amount (lbs.) | Total Emission Reduction Offsets (lbs.) | Number of Times Emissions Offset | |||
Basin Electric | Invista | Milliken | Leonardo Academy | ||||
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | 152,866 | 209,523 | 130,000 | 130,000 |
| 469,523 | 3.1 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) | 114 | 834 |
|
| 204 | 1,038 | 9.1 |
Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) | 240 | 574 |
|
|
| 574 | 2.4 |
Particulates (PM10) | 32 | 12 |
|
|
| 12 | 0.4 |
Particulates (PM2.5) | 21 | 7 |
|
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| 7 | 0.3 |
Mercury (Hg) | 2.81E-04 | 3.15E-03 |
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| 3.15E-03 | 11.2 |
Emission Reduction Donors
Basin Electric Power Cooperative donated 78,339 kWh of green tags from their waste heat recovery projects located in North Dakota and South Dakota. This donation offset over 100% of total conference emissions.
Invista donated 130,000 lbs of CO2 equivalent offsets from industrial process improvements.
Milliken donated 130,000 lbs of carbon credits from forest preservation projects.
Leonardo Academy donated and retired emission reductions to offset the SO2 emissions caused by this event. Source: U.S. EPA SO2 Allowance No. 200200199988 purchased by Cleaner and GreenerVenue
- Venue:
- Francis Marion Hotel - Website
- Street:
- 387 King Street
- ZIP:
- 29403
- City:
- Charleston
- State:
- South Carolina
- Country:
-
Description
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