ASHRAE 2007
Annual Meeting
The 2007 ASHRAE Annual Meeting is a Cleaner and Greener® Certified Event!
Event Information:
ASHRAE 2007 Annual Meeting
Dates:
June 23-27, 2007
Location:
Long Beach,
CA
Event Organizer:
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE)
Post-Event
Energy and Emissions Calculations
Event Attendance:
1,728: local (180), regional (111), national (1237), and
international (200)
Total Event Meeting Floor Space =
133,427 square feet per day
Total Electricity Consumption =
184,950 kWh
Total Natural Gas Use = 14,729 therms
Total Air Passenger Miles = 6,010,629 miles (89,558 gallons kerosene)
Total Vehicle Miles =140,550 VMTs
(6,500 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.)
|
Number of Times Emissions Offset
|
Basin Electric Power Cooperative |
Attendee Donations |
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) |
4,161,499 |
4,714,271 |
273,838 |
1.2 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) |
321 |
18,765 |
1,113 |
58.5 |
Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) |
4,887 |
12,916 |
401 |
2.7 |
Particulates (PM10) |
998 |
277 |
19 |
0.3 |
| Particulates (PM2.5) |
690 |
155 |
11 |
0.3 |
Mercury (Hg) |
0.0026 |
0.0709 |
0.00415 |
28.9 |
|
Emission Reduction Donors
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative donated 1,762,632 kWh of green tags from their waste heat recovery projects located in North and South Dakota. This donation offset the carbon emissions generated by the event by 110%.
Individual Offset Donors
Monetary donations were used by Leonardo Academy to purchase and retire Green-E
certified renewable energy certificates (RECs) to help offset the
emissions of the 2007 ASHRAE Annual Meeting.
(Total = $785 as of December 31, 2007)
- Sheila Hayter $60
- Benjamin
Skelton $30
- Heather Kennedy
$15
- Michael Deru
$30
- Jim Keller
$30
- Michael Patton
$15
- Richard Hermans
$15
- Lynn Bellenger
$30
- Adam Hinge $15
- Shanon Warner
$15
- Robert Uselton
$15
- Amy Patenaude $15
- Terry Townsend
$30
- William Harrison
$45
- Richard Hayter
$60
- Tom Lawrence $15
- Cecily Grzywacz
$25
- R. Christopher Mathis
$15
- Walter Grondzik
$15
- Gary Debes $60
- Michael Arny $30
- Lucas Hyman $15
- Jim Kelsey $15
- Mark Case $15
- Christian Kohler $25
- Tom Watson $15
-
Glenn Friedman $120
|
Companies and
Organizations
Companies and Organizations were invited to make monetary donations or
in-kind donations of emission reductions to help offset the
emissions of this event. Examples of emission reductions that
can be donated include: renewable energy certificates (RECs),
emission reductions from industrial process improvements and energy efficiency improvements,
emission sequestration in forests and land use actions, and emissions allowances and reduction credits
from emission regulatory programs.
Attendees
Attendees were invited to make monetary donations to help offset the
emissions caused by your participation in this event. An $15
donation purchases enough emission reductions to offset the average
emissions caused by one attendee's travel, lodging, meals, and event
activities. The monetary donations received were used by Leonardo
Academy to purchase and retire renewable energy certificates (RECs)
to help offset the emissions of the 2007 ASHRAE
Annual Meeting. All
renewable energy certificates purchased are Green-E certified
renewable energy certificates from wind energy.
