Recently GHGm was awarded a contract to develop and implement a life cycle analysis (LCA) model for the primary agriculture sectors in Manitoba, work done in cooperation with Farms.com.
This project offers GHGm an opportunity to demonstrate its extensive knowledge in agriculture, life cycle analysis, and environmental management, which the firm holds. Expert knowledge in production agriculture, agronomy, soils, atmospheric sciences, environmental standards (e.g. ISO 14040), and life cycle analysis software (SimaPro) are but few of the expertise and tools applied in the work.
The Manitoba agriculture LCA project aims to enhance the value and sustainability of the local agriculture industry, through the systemic analysis and assessment of the production systems using a comprehensive life-cycle approach.
Dr. Steven B. Young was invited to present at the session on Environmental Goods and Services at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Outlook Conference at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario. His presentation, entitled “From Environmental Footprint to Societal Value” was coauthored with Dr. Goretty Dias. It established a link from measuring impacts to valuing ecological services, and highlighted the role of LCA in contributing to an understanding of the valuation of environmental goods and services in agriculture.
GHGm and BBI Biofuels Canada collaborated and successfully completed a key contract with Environment Canada on the “Quantification of Environmental Emissions from Conventional Biodiesel Production.” Working with an operating biodiesel facility, and using firsthandknowledge of the industry, GHGm and BBI provided a framework for emissions quantification to be used to improve Environment Canada’s capacity to predict, identify, and assess a range of environmental, regulatory, technical, and scientific issues. The final report provided a modeled quantification of emissions, addressed best practices in the biodiesel industry, and discussed issues of concern that would likely to be raised by an anticipated and dramatic increase in use of biomass for production of industrial chemicals and transportation fuels in Canada.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded GHGm a position on its roster of Environmental Impact Quantification Experts. SDTC stated that it “believes your firm will be a valuable addition to our team of experts and is pleased to add you to the roster of Environmental Impact Quantification Experts.”
GHGm is experienced with industrial products, agricultural systems, renewable energy solutions, materials and recycling, energy efficiency, transport and biofuels. Our tools include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and greenhouse gas measurement approaches.
We support SDTC project consortia across a spectrum of environmental benefit areas:
- Clean Air
- Climate Change
- Clean water
- Clean soil
GHGm assesses the environmental performance of products and services – creating value for our clients. We provide greenhouse gas project measurement, validation, verification and reporting. GHGm has pioneered the use of the ISO 14064 standards for GHG project measurement, and supports the technical basis of carbon credits as market mechanisms continues to evolve. We help clients realize the opportunity of carbon credits.
Our internationally-experienced team combines exceptional project management and technical practice to serve private, public and not-for-profit organizations
The arena of bioproducts and biofuels continues to grow — and this is demanding continued examination of environmental impacts from associated agriculture and bioprocessing systems. GHGm has recently completed a Canadian project assessing the performance of biomass to usable energy, and is midway though an analysis of environmental aspects associated with biofuels facilities.
In a recent client engagement, GHGm and partner organizations developed a desktop greenhouse gas benchmarking tool to assess office printing performance using metrics of carbon emissions, energy and resource use, and financial cost. It was exciting to work closely with the client, under severe time constraints. In line with our mission, activity levels and environmental information were compiled into an assessment tool in order to meet very specific needs, building business value.
In support of Canadian government technology funding programs, Dr. Steven Young, GHGm President, spoke today at an NRCan, OCETA, ETV Canada workshop in Ottawa. His presentation addressed “Air Pollutants: Methods, Data Availability and Priorities for Transportation Biofuels Technologies,” and included direct reference to a biodiesel-fuel transit project in Montreal.
Dr. Goretty Dias, GHGm Senior Scientist, will be leading GHGm’s on-going efforts in biofuels, agriculture and related biomass analyses, the company announced today.
With more than half a dozen biomass life cycle assessment project studies completed, Dr. Dias is a world class expert in the area. Examining the intricacies of by-products allocations and interplay of multiple environmental parameters has become a specialty. Dr. Dias is particularly concerned about the fuel-food tradeoff, and emphasizes the need for a better understanding Continue reading ‘Biofuels and agricultural assessment leadership’
Polley Challenges all Candidates to make this a Carbon-Neutral Campaign
Ben Polley, candidate for the Green Party in Guelph formally launched the first-ever local carbon-neutral election campaign from his Baker Street office today.
“In this election, all the Parties are making varying claims of being green.Here is a real test: who is willing to walk-the-walk and publicize the greenhouse gas impact of their own election campaign?Who besides the Green Party, will commit to a net-zero climate impact from their campaign activities?”Polley challenged the other candidates to agree to a binding commitment to monitor all campaign-related greenhouse gas emissions and use campaign funds to purchase Continue reading ‘GHGm does new Carbon Footprint tool’
We’ve been doing carbon footprints for some years now. But we thought it informative to re-assert our expertise and experience in assessing the greenhouse gas emissions quantification of products, technologies and organizations.
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