Climate Change
ERG helps its clients identify and quantify sources of greenhouse gas emissions; understand the impacts, risks, and opportunities of climate change; and develop strategies to reduce emissions and mitigate impacts of operating in a carbon-constrained environment. For every sector of the economy, we conduct detailed assessments of the processes and practices that generate greenhouse gas emissions and identify opportunities for emission reductions.
ERG's engineers, scientists, economists, energy efficiency experts, communications specialists, and IT professionals help develop and implement local, state, national, and corporate-level climate change programs. We also provide tailored practical tools and cost-effective solutions to support greenhouse gas mitigation projects throughout the world.
Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Carbon due diligence
- Emission inventories from project-level to global scale
- Corporate and institutional strategies for greenhouse gas data management
- Source-specific modeling and measurement programs
- Review and verification of emission data
- Life cycle carbon footprinting
Sector-Based Policy and Technology Assessments
- Energy companies and utilities
- Industrial and manufacturing processes
- Waste and wastewater processes
- Service sector and consumer end-users
- Emerging technology applicability
Transportation and Other Mobile Sources
- Vehicle emission modeling
- Alternative fuels modeling
- Dashboard data collection and maintenance systems
- Alternative transportation and commuter choice programs
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies
- Cost-benefit analyses of greenhouse gas reduction strategies
- Offset project calculations and protocol development
- Feasibility studies
- Projections of mitigation costs and impacts
- Technology assessments
Clean Energy
- Renewable energy policy assessment
- Energy efficiency projects (audits) for facilities and processes
Life Cycle Assessments
- Modeling of net greenhouse gas emissions for the complete life cycle of product systems
- Cross-media impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies
- Multi-gas and pollutant strategies
Support for Climate Change Programs
- Voluntary program development, implementation, and evaluation
- Trading scheme analysis
- Program reporting and tracking systems
- Regulatory program development and implementation
- Quality assurance/quality control of program data
- Technical guidance and tools development
- Training and outreach
Outreach and Communications
- Sustainability and external reporting
- Public and stakeholder outreach
- Educational and training materials
- Capacity building for regulatory scheme implementation
- Web site development
- Carbon-neutral meeting and events planning
- Emission calculators and interactive models
Support for International Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects
- Clean Development Mechanism/Joint Implementation (CDM/JI) projects development and project description development
- Site-specific data screening, collection, and analysis
- Preliminary feasibility assessments
- Modeling of greenhouse gas emissions reductions
- Onsite training and technical assessments
- Country-specific technical guidance and tools
