Also known as green tags, renewable energy credits or tradable renewable certificates (TRCs).

(Commonly abbreviated PET, PETE) A thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in synthetic fibers.

LEED is an acronym that refers to the The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System(TM).

Greenhouse gases are components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect, which leads to climate change by warming global temperatures.

An increase in the near surface temperature of the Earth.

A fuel cell is an electrochemical device in which hydrogen is combined with oxygen to produce electricity with heat and water vapor as by products.

Fossil fuels are fuels found in the earth’s strata that are derived from the fossilized remains of animal and plant matter over millions of years.

Cradle to Cradle is the application of environmentally safe materials in the production of goods.

The controlled biological decomposition of organic material in the presence of air to form a humus-like material.

The term ‘climate change’ is sometimes used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but because the Earth’s climate is never static, the term is more properly used to imply a significant change from one climatic condition to another.

The world’s first and North America’s only, voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction and trading system for emission sources and offset projects in North America and Brazil.

A process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a variety of means of capturing and storing carbon.