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Airshed Energy

AIRSHED offsets Greenhouse Gas emissions from its electricity products using high-quality Gold Standard carbon offsets.

AIRSHED Energy

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AIRSHED Energy is electricity with high-quality emission reductions. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with AIRSHED Energy are offset using carbon offsets generated by Gold Standard renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The Gold Standard is widely regarded as the highest quality carbon offset standard and it is supported by Greenpeace International and the WWF.

How it works:

  1. AIRSHED Energy customers sign up at Powershop.
  2. AIRSHED calculates the GHG emissions associated with the generation, transmission and distribution of AIRSHED Energy using emission factors from the Ministry for the Environment.
  3. AIRSHED purchases emission reductions from myclimate quarterly, to offset these GHG emissions.
  4. AIRSHED records all carbon offset transactions in its register, which is audited annually.

AIRSHED uses carbon offsets from myclimate’s international portfolio of Gold Standard offset projects for the AIRSHED Energy product.

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AIRSHED Energy For Business

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AIRSHED Energy For Business comes with Gold Standard carbon offsets that have been prior approved by the carboNZero certification programme. For those going through carboNZero certification, these offsets can be deducted from the amount of offsets required for the Mitigation step. GHG emissions are calculated as for AIRSHED Energy and the offsets are retired in the customer’s name on the Markit Registry.

How it works:

  1. After signing up at Powershop, AIRSHED Energy For Business customers must contact AIRSHED with details of their carbon accounting period.
  2. AIRSHED invoices customers for carbon offset “top up” payments, so whole numbers of offsets can be retired in their names, at the end of their carbon accounting periods.
  3. After payment, customers receive a notice confirming the quantity of carbon offset retired to cover the GHG emissions from their purchases for the relevant carbon accounting period.
  4. This quantity of carbon offsets will be retired in the customer’s name on the Markit Registry.
  5. These carbon offsets can then be used by customers as part of the carboNZero certification programme.

Gold Standard carbon offsets from the Te Apiti Wind Farm project are used for the AIRSHED Energy For Business product.

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