Climate-Check
<p>ClimateCHECK (www.climate-check.com) has really grown in the past several
months and I am happy to refer to us as a leading climate change service
provider in North America. I have attached our statement of qualifications
as a summary of our project list and work within the voluntary marketplace.
With our network of recognized technical experts, we are well on our way to
being a "made in North America" super-DOE. As one metric to use for me to
say this is our project reference list within ClimateCHECK - it is
comparable to SGS (around 200) and if we include our partners it is even
higher - ranking us perhaps #3 globally behind DNV and TUV. But the real
reason I would call us a "made in North America super-DOE" is the following
list of highlights and our full service matrix offering - that is our
services include consulting, validation, verification, training, and
management and our market segments include carbon-neutral products, new GHG
technologies, GHG projects, company GHG inventory and management systems, as
well as GHG programs (e.g. GE-AES, among others). As another way to
contrast our capabilities vs conventional DOEs, compare the competency
requirements for CDM project validations (check a project follows an
approved methodology) against our capabilities within the North American GHG
marketplace to validate hybridized GHG methodologies (ISO, WRI, CDM - we are
doing this for GE-AES and have been asked to same for GHG programs in
Canada), as well as our network to develop new GHG technology methodologies
and to test them in demo/lab facilities operated by our partners. With the
growth of the intersection of clean tech and climate change and the growing
demand for more rigorous technical services (in consulting and auditing, not
just engineering design) - we feel positioned in front to service this
demand and growth.
ClimateCHECK Highlights for the voluntary marketplace:
- Main author of ISO 14064-2 GHG Project Standard (for GHG Credits, standard
adopted by Government of Canada, Alberta, GE-AES GHG Credit Program
(www.ge-aes.com), Voluntary Carbon Standard (www.v-c-s.org), Morgan Stanley
Carbon Bank (www.morganstanley.com), as well as a basis for many protocols)
- Authored protocol for use of ISO 14064-3 GHG Verification Standard
(www.iso.org)
- Significant Contributors to the WRI/WBCSD GHG Project Protocol
(www.ghgprotocol.org)
- Developed and delivered GHG Quantification and Validation/Verification
Training Courses for governments, standards organizations and certification
bodies (for example I delivered training to the David Suzuki Foundation)
- Key GHG advisor to the new GE-AES GHG Credit Program (www.ge-aes.com)
- Qualified GHG service provider to Vancity Carbon Offset Program
(www.vancity.com/carbonoffsets)
- Cooperative agreement with the US EPA GHG Technology Verification Center
(www.sri-rtp.com)
- Cooperative agreement with the Pembina Institute (www.pembina.org)
- Cooperative agreement with the Saskatchewan Research Council
(www.src.sk.ca)
- Real experience in the application of the ISO 14064-2 GHG Project Standard
and WRI/WBCSD GHG Project Protocol, having completed over 150 assignments
since 1998
- Real experience validating CDM projects (www.unfccc.int/cdm)
You may also be interested to know about some of our other activities within
the GHG marketplace - later in September ClimateCHECK and its partners the
Earth Council, the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network and the World Resources
Institute will be launching the "Greenhouse Gas Management Institute" as a
training organization offer training and member services to professionalize
GHG managers and service providers. I am also leading up the development of
3 other GHG business ventures - hopefully we can find the time to discuss
them in the coming months as they progress to the next level.</p>