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Carbon Footprint
Understanding your carbon footprint goes hand in hand with reducing your overall energy consumption. Your carbon footprint is determined by the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that you create during your everyday life. This can range from driving your car to the grocery store to heating your home on a chilly winter day. These GHG emissions are known to have a very negative effect on our air quality, the climate and the environment as a whole, but can be mitigated by taking action.
Many people help reduce their carbon footprint by purchasing carbon offsets. CSG was a pioneer in providing this service. The ClimateSAVE program allows consumers to purchase high quality Green-e Climate certified offsets and many of our employees have participated in this service since its inception in 2002.
ClimateSAVE offsets come from renewable energy projects such as wind and solar generation, and thereby support these projects with carbon revenue. These new and emerging technologies can help to replace more polluting, non-renewable energy sources such as coal and natural gas and reduce U.S. demand for new fossil fuel generators.
Estimate your household greenhouse gas emissions by using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calculator. The first step to reducing GHG emissions is– understanding just how much you create.
