{"id":6481,"date":"2017-02-03T21:50:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T21:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.secondnature.org\/?page_id=6481"},"modified":"2024-07-15T17:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:19:13","slug":"purchasing-offsets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/secondnature.org\/climate-leadership-network\/network-exclusives\/c2p2\/purchasing-offsets\/","title":{"rendered":"Purchasing Offsets Through C2P2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6481\" class=\"elementor elementor-6481\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b27fee2 page-header e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b27fee2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-507965ae e-con-full full-width-left e-flex e-con e-child\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are you interested in purchasing carbon offsets?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77058c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77058c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Certified carbon offsets from Second Nature\u2019s Carbon Credit and Purchasing Program (C2P2) are available on a yearly basis. Second Nature partners with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluesource.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anew<\/a>\u00a0to market these credits.<\/p><p>The Carbon Credit and Purchasing Program enables leading colleges and universities in the Climate Leadership Network to sell their carbon reductions as a strategy to finance deeper emissions reductions on campus. To be eligible, campuses must perform within the top 15% of their peers in the Climate Leadership Network in terms of annual greenhouse gas reductions. Schools can generate offsets by reducing their campus-wide energy-based emissions, or through a top-performing LEED certified building. All offsets are third-party certified to the Verified Carbon Standard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd1410 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcd1410\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de41cca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de41cca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a177b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9a177b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Benefits of these projects<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff331db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff331db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>As part of the Climate Leadership Network, each school generating offsets is committed to achieving carbon neutrality and ongoing decarbonization. These schools are driving forces for clean energy innovation, and models for other higher education institutions.<\/li><li>Schools reinvest all revenue from carbon sales into further emissions-reductions projects on campus. This allows schools to move more quickly towards decarbonization and finance larger scale projects, for which they would not otherwise have capital.<\/li><li>Each project involves students, faculty, and staff on campus in a variety of capacities, ranging from hands-on implementation of new technology to academic research and published work. These educational benefits expand the projects\u2019 impacts far beyond simple carbon reduction.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a539f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4a539f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For Climate Leadership Commitment signatories<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0605b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0605b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Campuses can purchase offsets from the C2P2 projects to fulfill their Carbon or Climate Commitment.<\/li><li>Offsets purchased through C2P2 can be applied to any scope of GHG emissions to meet emission reduction targets or carbon neutrality.<\/li><li>Purchasing offsets through C2P2 helps other schools in the Climate Leadership Network achieve their goals.<\/li><li>Email Meredith Leigh,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mleigh@secondnature.org\">mleigh@secondnature.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c38cb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c38cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"cases\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Studies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8700d1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8700d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ball State University<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de6fca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6de6fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_12140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12140\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12140\" src=\"https:\/\/secondnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/C2P2-Carbon-Offsets-Fixed-300x200.png\" alt=\"Geothermal project\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ball State\u2019s geothermal project is the largest of its kind, and eliminated the school\u2019s reliance on coal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nBall State University created the nation\u2019s largest ground-source, closed-loop geothermal energy system. This project replaced the school\u2019s coal-fired boilers and chilled water equipment, and achieved a seven-fold increase in efficiency. The dramatic emissions reductions allowed the school to move its target carbon neutrality date forward from 2050 to 2030. In addition, the geothermal system has served as research material and classroom curriculum for hundreds of faculty and students.\n\nSee the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcsprojectdatabase.org\/#\/project_details\/1354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VCS Project Page<\/a>\u00a0for Ball State University\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e15b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e15b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Wisconsin Milwaukee<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7bc2b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7bc2b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_9364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9364\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9364\" src=\"https:\/\/secondnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Commitment-Signing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Group of people posing with open folder.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Commitment-Signing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Commitment-Signing.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The UWM President signed the Climate Commitment in 2016 and committed the school to carbon neutrality and climate resilience.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM) reduced its Scope 1 emissions by a yearly average of 11.79%. These reductions were driven by an aggressive campus-wide program focused on improving campus space and service, piloting innovative technology, and reducing energy consumption. Energy conservation measures included lighting retrofits, occupancy-based heating, and cooling load improvements. UWM also incorporated behavior change initiatives among students and staff, developed an on-site solar PV system, and built three LEED-certified buildings between 2011-2016.<\/p><p>See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcsprojectdatabase.org\/#\/project_details\/1675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VCS Project Page<\/a>\u00a0for UWM<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9441b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9441b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\n(credits available)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9b2361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9b2361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_9363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9363\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9363\" src=\"https:\/\/secondnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIUC_4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a solar field\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIUC_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondnature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIUC_4.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UIUC generates approximately 7,000 MWh annually of solar energy, and promotes renewable energy adoption in the community.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) increased building energy-use efficiency across campus through a program of aggressive retro-commissioning and upgrades, reducing energy use by over 25% across 40 buildings. UIUC also implemented renewable energy and LEED certified buildings on campus. Students, faculty, and staff across campuses helped UIUC achieve its sustainability goals, from pledging to take action to reduce energy use to working on teams that identified energy efficiency projects.<\/p><p>See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcsprojectdatabase.org\/#\/project_details\/1407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VCS Project Page<\/a>\u00a0for UIUC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a07c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48a07c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>For more information, contact:<\/h4><p>Meredith Leigh, Climate Programs Manager, Member Engagement <a href=\"mailto:mleigh@secondnature.org\">mleigh@secondnature.org<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this page Purchase Offsets Case Studies Jump to a C2P2 Page Are you interested in purchasing carbon offsets? 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