OpenEco.org: Energy Performance & Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Tracking Tool

OpenEco.org: Energy Performance & Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Tracking Tool

www.OpenEco.org is a free global on-line community designed to help participants calculate and track their greenhouse gasses, primarily from building energy use. Users can assess track, and compare energy performance, share proven best practices to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and encourage sustainable innovation. OpenEco.org is sponsored by Sun Microsystems.

The GHG calculation tool currently focuses on emissions from electricity and natural gas use in buildings. The OpenEco.org Version 2 also provides a top-level organization dashboard where users can track a broad spectrum of emission sources to provide a comprehensive view of an organization's carbon footprint. The site incorporates standard, approved carbon accounting practices. Participants can compare building energy and GHG emissions performance with other participating organizations.

Incorporating standard, approved carbon accounting practices helps ensure that the GHG estimates calculated by the tool are suitable for reporting under widely accepted systems such as the World Resources Institute Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The online community also leverages resources such as those provided by the EPA Climate Leaders Program to help organizations assess performance measures using common standards.
 

The related carbon generated from any given activity. For example: one mile of driving an average compact vehicle generates .6 pounds of carbon from the burning of gas. This does not count the embodied energy of the manufacture, maintenance and disposal of the car and nor the construction of the road and its maintenance.Greenhouse gases are a part of the Earth's atmosphere and are both naturally occurring and the result of human chemical processes. The most common greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and chlorofluourocarbons. These gases trap heat and thus contribute to the warming of the planet. See also CFCS and GREENHOUSE EFFECT.The ability or potential of a physical body to do work. The most common forms of energy are heat, light, mechanical (moving parts), and electrical.

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