Event Emissions Offsets and Certification Event holders undertake emissions footprinting projects to understand, and then reduce their event’s environmental impacts on climate change and air quality.Reducing all types of emissions is important. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) are only some of the harmful substances caused by the combustion of fossil fuels. Because each of these types of pollution causes its own set of environmental and health problems, offsetting all emissions is important for environmental protection and personal health.

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LEED-EB and Leonardo Academy's Cleaner & Greener® Program Earn the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Existing Buildings 2.0, Energy and Atmosphere Credit 5.4 (EA Credit 5.4) or LEED-EB Operations & Maintenance, Energy and Atmosphere Credit 6 (O&M EA Credit 6): Emissions Reduction Reporting.

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Single Buildings The Cleaner and Greener® Program offers specialized emissions services for single buildings, including helping buildings pursuing LEED-EB certification to earn a credit and helping any building to achieve Cleaner and Greener® Single Building Certification.

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Certification for Companies and Organizations The Cleaner and Greener® program helps companies and organizations lead the way to a cleaner, greener, and healthier environment. We quantify your emissions footprint, calculate emission reductions from energy efficiency and other emission reduction projects, help you to offset these emissions, and certify the level of emission reductions and offsets achieved. Cleaner and Greener® certification can help you communicate to the public that you are taking action to reduce air pollution that adversely affects both human and environmental health.

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