Reduce & Invest
To earn the Carbon Zero certification, members of our team will conduct an energy audit of your home or business and offer customized strategies to neutralize your emissions. This certification process uses a two-step approach: conservation and renewable energy sources.
Conservation
The easiest way to go about eliminating your carbon emissions is to strive toward not producing them in the first place. By reducing energy consumption in ways ranging from switching to incandescent lighting to using more energy efficient appliances, we can minimize carbon emissions.
Purchasing Renewable Energy Credits
We endorse the use of alternative energy sources. We require homes or businesses that are not able to produce their own renewable energy to purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to offset their carbon emissions. For each kilowatt hour of electricity a home or business uses, they must purchase one REC. Click here to learn more about our standards.