Emissions Standards Development Project
The Development of
ANSI Standards for
Emission Inventories, Offsets, and Reduction Credits
Objective: Develop
integrated, open and transparent standards for quantifying and
documenting emission inventories, offsets, and reduction credits
that cover the full range of types of emissions, have broad geographic
coverage, are practical for both end users and the marketplace, and are
highly effective drivers for environmental improvement.
Need: Current
standards for quantifying and documenting emission
inventories, offsets, and reduction credits address many pieces of the
emissions quantification puzzle, but have a number of limitations
including: multiple standards to choose among for the same application,
limited coverage of types of emissions, limited geographic scope,
limited openness and transparency, limited practicality for many
potential users, and lack of integration among the standards. As a
result of these limitations, it is difficult for potential users to know
how to engage effectively, how to use these standards, and how to be
recognized and rewarded for emissions reduction activities. It is also
difficult for consumers to keep track of what emission reduction and
offset claims from different sources really mean.
Highlights of Need
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Building owners who
reduce energy use want emission reduction credits that recognize and
reward the environmental benefits of their actions
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Automobile buyers
purchasing high efficiency vehicles want immediate rewards and
compensation for emission reductions delivered over the life of their
vehicles
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Forest owners want
annual credits for carbon sequestration in existing well-managed
forests to recognize and reward their efforts
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Organizations want
to offset all the emissions created by an event, a product, an action,
or their organization and need credible inventories of emissions and
credible offsets for these emissions
Overview of Issues
Addressed by this Group of Standards
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A
multi-pollutant approach to emissions issues that awards credit for
all types of emissions reduced
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Levels of
documentation and verification needed for various applications
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Recognize all
positive achievements
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Emissions
inventories for organizations, products, services, events, travel,
families, individuals and other causes of emissions
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Emissions offsets
for organizations, products, services, events, travel and other causes
of emissions
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Direct and indirect
emission reduction
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Emission reductions
created by pollution sequestration, renewable energy, energy
efficiency projects, and other emission reductions
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Market vehicles for
emission reductions and offset transactions, including emission
reduction credits, white (energy efficiency emission reductions) tags,
green (renewable energy emission reduction) tags, etc.
Ways to Participate
in this Standard Development Process
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Apply to be on the
Standard Committee
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Apply to be on the
Advisory Committee
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Commit to using the
standard
Support this Process
This
process will be supported by financial contributions from those who
recognize the need for these standards. Financial and in kind
contributions are invited and welcome, but are not a requirement for
participation in this standards development process.
Support Recognition Levels:
Bronze: $10,000
Silver: $20,000
Gold: $40,000
Platinum: $80,000
ANSI Project
Information
The American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit
organization (501c3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary
standardization and conformity assessment system.
Leonardo Academy is
an ANSI accredited standards developer. This project will be carried
out in accordance with Leonardo Academy’s ANSI approved standard
development process. This ANSI standard Development Process was
announced through the ANSI Project Initiation Notification System (Pins)
on June 23, 2006 and has the ANSI standards development number: BSR/LEO
5000-200x.
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