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GREEN REPORT * USA - Counting carbon bears careful watching
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions
Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jun 16, 2010: ... The problem, however, according to a new report, is that there’s still too much variability in both the methods and the data being used to calculate carbon emissions... A new report on this issue by ATRI – dubbed “The Synthesis of Carbon Accounting Tools” – involved the collection and analysis of carbon models and formulas, and interviews with environmental assessment and reporting organizations... For example, quantifying the carbon emissions generated by office space and terminals, through metrics such as electricity use, could be misleading... Other areas of carbon emission calculation concern include: mobile equipment used at company facilities, such as yard tractors and forklifts; stationary equipment used at company facilities, such as furnaces, generators and other on-site fuel-burning equipment; and air conditioning and/or refrigeration systems used in trucks and trailers as well as at company facilities... “Emission factors for the various types of fuels and refrigerants used in this equipment are generally available; however, subtle differences exist among the various accounting tools,” the ATRI report stated... (Photo from okland-const: C. R. England headquarters front)
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