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Quik's Farm Ltd.
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Carbon offset funds enabled the greenhouse operator to switch from burning coal and natural gas to include a biomass boiler to meet their heating needs. Use of this technology significantly reduces annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to the baseline. HOW IT WORKS...
Randhawa Farms Ltd.
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Carbon offset funds enabled the greenhouse operator to install insulating curtains to meet the heating needs of an existing commercial greenhouse producing fruits and vegetables. Use of the insulating curtains reduces annual operating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to the natural gas bas...
Lafarge Cement Plant
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Carbon offset funds enabled the cement producer to reduce the amount of coal used in the process of creating cement. Traditionally substantial users of coal, Lafarge is able to reduce the amount they burn by replacing a portion of this fossil fuel with biomass and other materials from constructio...
Canfor Fort St. John Biomass Fuel Switch
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Carbon offset funds enabled Canfor's Fort St. John Sawmill to operate a heat energy system that uses residues from the mill’s operations, such as unmarketable bark, that will reduce natural gas consumption and the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. HOW IT W...
Carbon Offset Aggregation Co-operative
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Carbon offset funds enabled the implementation of energy efficiency measures for various industrial vehicles and machinery throughout the province. The Carbon Offset Aggregation Cooperative (COAC), launched by the Central Interior Logging Association, is the first organization of this type to be ...
Canfor Prince George Sawmill Biomass Fuel Switch
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Carbon offset funds will enable Canfor’s Prince George Sawmill to install a system that will use waste product from the mill’s operations (such as unmarketable wood residues) to create energy. This will reduce the mill’s use of natural gas and the associated greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Canfor Mackenzie Sawmill Biomass Fuel Switch
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Carbon offset funds will enable Canfor’s Mackenzie Sawmill to install a system that uses waste product from the mill’s operations (such as unmarketable wood residues) to create energy. This will reduce the mill’s use of natural gas and the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio...
Canfor Chetwynd Sawmill Biomass Fuel Switch
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Carbon offset funds will enable Canfor’s Chetwynd Sawmill to install a system that will use waste product from the mill’s operations (such as unmarketable wood residues) to create energy. This will reduce the mill’s use of natural gas and the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emis...
Great Bear Forest Carbon Project
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The Great Bear Rainforest is home to the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest remaining in the world. The resources of the Great Bear are vast and valuable to Coastal First Nations, environmental groups, forest companies and governments. Together, these groups have adopted an Ecosystem Bas...