Energy Efficiency & Carbon Credits

While renewable energy projects reduce the need to produce more energy from dirty sources in the future, energy efficiency projects reduce the need to produce more energy now. They are also among the most cost-effective ways to reduce carbon emissions, making investment in energy efficiency a key part of fighting climate change.

Energy efficiency can refer to any project that applies new technologies, processes or practices to achieve the same outcome while using less energy. Opportunities like this can be found in all sectors of the economy: industrial, transportation and residential.

Energy efficiency can also refer to the retirement of carbon credits from a cap-and-trade system. In this case, Carbonfund.org purchases and retires carbon credits on behalf of our donors, permanently removing the right of other businesses to pollute. Our carbon offset projects meet the toughest industry standards and are third-party verified to ensure the highest quality. Read more about project selection.

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New Zealand Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb Project

Location: New Zealand
Project type: Energy Efficiency
Standard: Verified Carbon Standard
Verification/Validation: Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

Carbonfund.org supports this project because it offers public education and financial incentives to household consumers for the adoption of Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs). CFLs have a longer life and are more efficient when compared to traditional incandescent bulbs. CFLs also generate excellent light output. Read more>>

 

Truck Stop Electrification Project

Location: US: Arkansas, California, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
Project type: Energy Efficiency
Standard: American Carbon Registry / Environmental Resources Trust’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Protocol
Verification/Validation: Environmental Resources Trust

The Truck Stop Electrification Project is designed to reduce diesel emissions and save trucking companies the cost of fuel that would be used while idling. Carbonfund.org supports this unique nationwide program, which is estimated to save up to one gallon of diesel an hour per truck. Read more>>