Certfied Events 2007-2011

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
Pollutant Type	Emissions Caused by Event Energy Use (lbs.)	Basin Electric	Invista	Milliken	Leonardo Academy	Total Emission Reduction Offsets (lbs.)	Number of Times Emissions Offset
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				7	0.3
Mercury (Hg)	2.81E-04	3.15E-03				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 Greener