Cleaner and Greener Certified Events

Cleaner and Greener^sm Event Certification

Organizations and events that have earned the Cleaner and Greener^sm Certified Event Seal care about the environment, and are taking action to improve it. Offset the emissions caused by your event and make your event Cleaner and Greener Certified.

This Event was Cleaner and Greener Certified

MTS Clean Vehicle and Sustainable Product Training

Dates: September 10-11, 2001

Location: REJ Building of the Texas Legislature, Austin, TX

Event Organizer: Sustainable Products Corp

Contact: Michael Italiano, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: 202-338-0313 Fax: (202)338-2800 Email: Mike@SustainableProducts.com

Event Summary Statistics

Event Attendance: 150, local (75), regional (25), national (50) and international (0)
Total Event Meeting Floor Space = 80,000 square feet
Total Electricity Consumption = 13,883 kWh
Total Natural Gas Use = 431 therms
Total Air Passenger Miles = 89,991miles, (2,745 gallons kerosene)
Total Vehicle Miles = 14,002 VMTs, (654 gallons gasoline)

Emissions Summary Prepared by Leonardo Academy's Cleaner and Greener Program

Pollutant Type	Emissions Caused by Energy Use for this Event (lbs.)	Amount of Emission Reductions Retired to Offset Event Emissions (lbs.)	The # of Times that Emissions were Offset
Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)	90,341	665,759	7.4
Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂)	60	706	11.8
Nitrogen Oxide (NOx)	141	483	3.4
Particulate Mater (PM10)	17	18	1.1
Particulate Mater (PM2.5)	12	13	1.1
Mercury (Hg)	3.53E-04	0.005	13.1

Offset Sources:

Donations received from Enron, North America, (arranged by Elliott Mainser, formerly of Enron), and facilitated by Mark Crowdis of Think Energy.
Donation of 160 Texas Renewable Energy Credits (160 MWh) from wind generated electricity from Green Mountain. Renewable attributes in the RECs are CO₂, NOx, SO₂ and Particulate Matter.
Donation of 180 metric tons of U.S. IJI approved Greenhouse Gas (CO₂) emission reductions by Dupont Canada from the CAPEX combined cycle plant in Argentina

Participate in the Cleaner and Greener^smProgram - Let this event be the kick off of your taking action to improve the environment

Organizations and Businesses

Sign up your organization or business to become Cleaner and Greener Certified and donate some emission reductions delivered by your organization’s energy efficiency projects to help offset the emissions of this event.

Individuals and Families

Complete the Cleaner and Greener Home Energy Saving Checklist and report your points to help offset the emissions caused by this event. Click here to download the home energy checklist and the Cleaner and Greener greenbacks and to report the points you earn.

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