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CarbonSolutions = Integrated GHG Management Approach - Layout - Practical Example - Local Context Miami-Dade Environmental Resource Management (DERM) August 14, 2002

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Volume Location Year Lots and lots of info SourceSink

On gallon turns into 172 cubic feet / 4.87 cubic meters of CO 2.

1 ton of CO 2 takes up 19,866 cubic feet / 556 cubic meters space

Example: Width = 8.12 m Length = 8.12 m Height = 8.12 m Volume = 536 m³ Temperature = 15º C Pressure = 760 torr Weight = 1000 kg CO 2 GPS coordinates: North: 29º40.403’ West: 082º24.835’ Elevation: 4m Creating a Volumetric GPS Timestamp (VGT), or CarbonMap™

v t ºC 0.22ºC 0.40ºC Use Temperature to Establish Relative Values

-Event Level -Source -Communicate

-Intercept Existing Data Streams -Volume x Carbon Factor -Lots of Data Out There -Standard Applications

Shumard Oaks (Quercus shumardii) on campus Tree 1: 7 years old Volume =.11 m3 Tree 2: 19 years old Volume =.69 m3 Tree 3: 32 years old Volume = 3.2 m3

Carbon Bank, stores amount of carbon in transaction, the source device, the sink, and the various people / organizations involved (edited for security) CREATE TABLE [dbo].[bank] ( [SERIAL] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL, [net_mass] [int] NOT NULL, [compound_id] [int] NOT NULL, [producer_id] [int] NULL, [prod_owner_id] [int] NULL, [prod_affiliate_id] [int] NULL, [prod_manufacturer_id] [int] NULL, [prod_unit_price] [money] NULL, [sink_id] [int] NULL, [sink_owner_id] [int] NULL, [sink_affiliate_id] [int] NULL, [sink_manufacturer_id] [int] NULL, [sink_unit_price] [money] NULL, [date_entered] [datetime] NULL, [date_modified] [datetime] NULL, [sink_comment_id] [int] NULL - Yukon - Exact Match - Carbon Buddy

Much reduction is needed to reach stability Human emission rate in billion t/C/yr t Equilibrium Latent atmospheric C is about 188 billion ton Emissions the earth absorbs in billion t/C/yr

Main Points: - Event Level - Existing Data - Web Based - Communicate Examples:

Annual Subscription Level 3 - (~100 GHG Sources) $995 Level 4 - (~500 GHG Sources) $3,495 Level 5 - (~1,000 GHG Sources) $7,600 Level 6 - (~10,000 GHG Sources) $27,600 ICBE can certify received data (PurvisGray)

-Nice meeting all of you ! Mark van Soestbergen tel fax Toward Climate Stability ™