Understanding Cradle to Gate Carbon Measurement The measurement of the total greenhouse gas emissions of a product over the course of its entire lifetime is called Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). There are three types of LCA. Cradle-to-grave measures the carbon footprint from the time a product is manufactured until it goes into the landfill at […]
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint. In today’s world, it is generally not possible to completely eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions from your activities and operations. You can mitigate your emissions as much as you can through environmentally conscious choices like energy efficiency measures, but you almost certainly won’t be able to eliminate them all. However, reducing […]
How the HGA House Became ICEMAN The HGA House built by the Hamptons Green Alliance with the goals of being LEED Platinum, net-zero energy, and carbon-neutral was a significant achievement in and of itself. The methodology we created to measure the carbon footprint of the construction phase of the building has now become the framework […]
Glasgow Climate Pact In November of 2021, 120 world leaders and over 40,000 registered participants representing almost 200 countries gathered in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26. For two weeks, this impressive gathering of policy-makers and experts discussed the science of and solutions for climate change. Over the course of these two weeks—along […]
In 2008, I founded the Hamptons Green Alliance (HGA) to promote sustainable, resilient building and maintenance practices. We knew we wanted our first project as an association to be an ultra-green luxury home. But first, we wanted to set some specific goals. The HGA House goals. The first goal we set for the house was […]
What does it mean to be carbon neutral? Simply put, carbon-neutral means not leaving a Scope 1-3 carbon footprint on the planet. A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by any given person, product, process, or activity based on the Scope 1-3 measurements defined by the World Resources Institute’s Greenhouse […]
It cannot be denied: the climate crisis is upon us. A new report released in February 2022 by the United Nations, based on 34,000 scientific studies compiled by 270 scientists from 67 countries, has found that extreme weather events today are both more common and more severe than experts had predicted they would be. Many […]
International Carbon Equivalent Mechanism Attributed to Neutrality (ICEMAN) is a methodology that applies established sciences and protocols developed for the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions to provide a quantitative measure of factors that reduce or mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. This quantitative measure then becomes an attribute by which consumers and buyers of products can evaluate […]
As the general populace becomes more aware of—and more concerned about—climate change, the green movement has gained a great deal of momentum in the market. Consumers are eager to buy products that are more environmentally friendly, that have a lower carbon footprint, that are more “green.” Obviously, this is a good trend—but it has given […]
For decades, governments around the world—including the government of the United States—have endeavored to pass legislation to combat climate change. World leaders have gathered at international summits and conventions, negotiating treaties and protocols. But when it comes to actually implementing measures to achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals, many countries—including the U.S.—have fallen woefully short. History […]