July 28, 2006—The World Resources Institute’s Climate Northeast project is releasing the Carbon Value Analysis Tool (CVAT), which helps corporate energy managers assess the value of emissions reductions and make decisions on financing new projects. In conjunction, WRI is releasing several case studies as examples of how corporate energy managers can improve both financial and environmental performance.
Several Fortune 500 companies have already tested the CVAT model, which is a Microsoft Excel-based program that allows energy managers to compare the emissions and financial impacts for a full range of energy-efficient and renewable energy projects. The CVAT is designed to be especially useful for multinational corporations with greenhouse gas reduction targets as well as facilities that operate under carbon-limiting government mandates, such as those throughout Europe.
The case studies provide innovative and successful full-scale project examples, including: Staples reduces energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions through efficiency and automation upgrades at its distribution centers; Johnson & Johnson saves money and reduces emissions by generating energy using gas from a neighboring landfill; and United Technologies Corporation develops a new climate-friendly technology.
For more information on CVAT and continually updated case studies, visit Climate Northeast.
