Current Projects

The following high quality Canadian based offset projects are currently available for purchase:

Fredericton Region Solid Waste Commission (FRSWC) Project

Project: Landfill Gas Capture and Flare Project
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Vintage: 2007
Standard: VER+

The Fredericton Region Solid Waste Commission (FRSWC) landfill manages the waste of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The FRSWC landfill site is 120 hectares in area and services a population of approximately 115,000. The Site has been operating since 1986 and is estimated to have over one million tonnes of municipal solid waste in-place. The site is currently accepting approximately 75,000 tonnes per year of municipal solid waste and will provide waste disposal capacity for the next 45 years.

The purpose of the Project is to capture and flare landfill gas containing methane, thus significantly reducing the global warming potential of the greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere.

This is the first VER+ project in Canada

BlueRegistry: 049-1
External Links: Project | Registry | TÜV SÜD

Northern Ontario Forestry Project

Type: Forestry
Location: Kapuskasing, Ontario
Vintage: Ex Ante | Duration: 75 years
Standard: CCBA

A land-based carbon sequestration project to mitigate climate change, create employment opportunities for community and first nations residents, and create forest ecosystems that will enhance adaptability of the local community and ecosystems to climate change. The Climate, Community, and Biodiversity (CCB) Project Design Standards (CCB Alliance 2008, second edition) provides a framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating the success of this project. The PDD and Validation documents outline and carefully evaluate the project area and project zone, and the design parameters confirm that the project meets or exceeds the minimum requirements for:

• Additionality: The project would not have been completed during the course of normal business in the region and not without carbon financing.
• Permanence: The project will be maintained for 100 years and plantation success will be monitored to optimize growth and survival, and mitigate potential impacts.
• Verifiability: The project design qualifies for third-party validation and verification. This is based on prior certification of the Gordon Cosens Forest for public use; this forest is the location of the project area.

This is the first CCBA project in Canada.

Markit Environmental: ONTARIOFORESTRY
External Links: Project | Registry | CCBA

Past Projects

The following projects have been funded and are currently not available for purchase:

Cowley Wind Farm

Carbonzero has funded renewable energy development in Southern Alberta. This development has been certified as:

• non-detrimental to indigenous or migratory avian species;
• not located in an area that is protected for endangered or threatened avian species
• not causing excessive soil erosion

Project Certificate Number: 2007-002


OMHM Energy Efficiency Project

Energy efficiency retrofit for social housing in Montreal, Quebec. This project has been certified to:

• Replace inefficient gas boilers in heating systems with new efficient units employing heating control.
• Build new energy efficient piping systems and switched heat generation systems from natural gas to electricity.

Additionally, the project has:

• installed solar heating units
• retrofitted buildings with heat recovery from domestic wastewater

CSA CleanProjects Registry: 9091-1884