Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 35.74
Liaison Taryn Wilkinson
Submission Date Oct. 3, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Niagara College Canada
OP-T2-2: Local Offsets Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Taryn Wilkinson
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management Services
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Does the institution have a local offsets program through which the institution seeks to offset its greenhouse gas emissions by implementing projects that reduce GHG emissions in the local community?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

Niagara College has partnered with Walker Industries to participate in the Walker Industries Carbon Neutral Building Project. This project involves Walker Industries completing a carbon footprint analysis on the Wine Visitor Education Centre and the Rankin Technology Building in conjunction with students from the Environmental Management and Assessment Graduate Program. The resulting carbon footprint is offset and third party verified through Carbonzero. The offset program is onsite at the Walkers Industries landfill site and focuses on capturing the landfill gas and redirecting it to a local organization as a source of fuel.


The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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