ASHRAE 2007
Winter Meeting
ASHRAE worked with
the Cleaner and Greener Event Certification Program to make the ASHRAE 2007
Winter Meeting in Dallas, Texas, a
Cleaner and Greener® Certified Event.
ASHRAE's met their goal
of offsetting over 100% of the CO2 emissions created by energy use for this event.
Event Information:
ASHRAE 2007 Winter Meeting
Dates:
January 27-31, 2007
Location: Dallas, Texas
Event Organizer:
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE)
Event
Energy and Emissions Estimates
Event Attendance:
2777: local (250), regional (142), national (1977), and
international (408)
Total Event Meeting Floor Space =
173,325 square feet per day
Total Electricity Consumption =
626,701 kWh
Total Natural Gas Use = 28,840 therms
Total Air Passenger Miles = 6,444,152 miles (196,547 gallons kerosene)
Total Vehicle Miles =165,850 VMTs
(7,750 gallons gasoline)
Emissions Summary Prepared by Leonardo Academy's Cleaner and
Greener Program
|
Pollutant Type |
Emissions
Caused By Event Energy Use (lbs.) |
Emission
Reduction Offsets by Donor and Amount (lbs.) |
Percent
Offset |
|
Dupont |
Attendee
Donations |
|
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) |
5,394,798 |
6,613,800 |
471,999 |
131% |
|
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) |
2,227 |
|
1,388 |
62% |
|
Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) |
6,845 |
|
2,874 |
42% |
|
Mercury (Hg) |
0.0159 |
|
0.0126 |
79% |
Emission Reduction Donors
DuPont:
Donated for permanent retirement, 3,000 metric tonnes (6.61 million
pounds) CO2 equivalent vintage 2003 greenhouse gas emissions
reductions registered with Environmental Resources Trust, Inc. (ERT),
resulting from HFC-23 emissions reductions at the DuPont Louisville
Works Facility in Kentucky, enough to offset 100 percent of the
carbon dioxide emissions resulting from ASHRAE's 2007 Winter
Meeting.
Individual Offset Donors
The monetary donations listed below was used by Leonardo Academy to purchase and retire
339,080 kWh's of
Sterling Planet
Green-E
certified 100% Wind Energy renewable energy certificates (RECs) to help offset the
emissions of the 2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting.
(Total = $1,552 as of June 6, 2007)
- Rebecca Matyasovski
$11
- Paul Francisco $55
- Rob Risley $11
- Benjamin Skelton $11
- Adam Hinge $11
- Kent Peterson $22
- Lynn Bellenger $22
- Judy Marshall $20
- Jim Keller
$20
- Tom Lawrence
$11
- Michael Deru
$11
- Heather Kennedy $11
- James Fields
$11
- Chuck Sanderson
$20
- Brian Lynch $11
- Garry Myers $20
- Doug Tucker $11
- Thomas Davidson $22
- Sheila Hayter $55
- Jodi Dunlop $11
- Kim Fulcher $11
- Carolyn
Kettering
$15
- Jeff
Dimond $11
- Sarah
Foster $11
- Benjamin Skelton $11
- Carolyn
Kettering $20
- James K
Willson $22
- Cindy
Simmons $11
- Michael
Arny $22
- Terry
Townsend
$22
- Andrew Persily
$11
- Jeff Littleton
$11
- William
Bahnfleth $22
- William Harrison $22
- Mark MacCracken $22
- Richard Hayter $11
- Craig Wray $100
- Hugh McMillan III
$22
- Thomas Watson $20
- Panya Porter $11
- Fred Turner $11
|
- Thomas Watson $20
- Panya Porter $11
- Fred Turner $11
- Glenn Friedman/Taylor Engineering
$99
- Maureen Grasso $22
- Rick Hermans $11
- Monte "Fish" Troutman
$11
- Stephen Abernathy
$20
- Bruce Hunn $11
- Robert Uselton $11
- Trey Austin $11
- William “Refrigerator” Perry
$22
- David Shugars $11
- R. Christopher Mathis
$22
- David Godwin $11
- Peter Birkbeck $11
- James Willson $22
- Josh Eddy $11
- Michael Sherber $11
- Richard Charles $20
- Cynthia Gage $11
- Chris Pelton $11
- Isabelle Lavoie $11
- Thursten Simonsen
$11
- Graham Manly $20
- Gary Wingfield $11
- Frank Mills $11
- ASHRAE Penn State Student
Branch $187
- Christian Kohler $11
- Holly Townes $30
- Howdy Goudey $20
- Samuel Borgeson $11
- Sustainable Engineering Group
$22
- Stephen Selkowitz
$11
- Thomas Culp $11
- Harvey Sachs $20
- Diana Hun $20
|
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