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BeGreen Division Helps Clinton Presidential Center Achieve LEED Platinum Certification
BeGreen Division Helps Clinton Presidential Center Achieve LEED Platinum Certification
Expertise of Renewable Energy and Carbon Offset Provider Supports Businesses Going Green
AUSTIN, Texas — January 29, 2008 — While the William J. Clinton Presidential Center has earned a reputation as the gold standard in environmentally friendly design, the Little Rock, Ark., structure has added a new designation — the Platinum rating for its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) certification, thanks in part to its agreement with Green Mountain Energy Company’s BeGreen division. Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation’s leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset products, worked with the Clinton Presidential Center to offset 100% of its electricity consumption with renewable energy credits (RECs).
With the help of Green Mountain Energy’s strategic approach, the Clinton Presidential Center’s purchase of renewable energy from Green Mountain will offset 100 percent of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity usage through the end of 2008. Green Mountain has provided similar services to many organizations nationwide, helping these companies achieve LEED certification more than two dozen times since 2006.
“This purchase demonstrates how more and more businesses today understand the importance of renewable energy and reducing their carbon footprints. They are including the purchase of renewable energy, which helps them meet LEED certification goals, in their sustainability programs,” said Gillan Taddune, chief environmental officer of Green Mountain Energy Company. “Still, achieving LEED certification is not easy. Because Green Mountain itself has been through the process of certifying its own offices, the company has become much more than a REC provider for our customers — they look to us for our guidance and experience in navigating the process.”
“The Clinton Foundation and The Clinton Presidential Center are excited about working with BeGreen and Green Mountain Energy Company as we continue to fortify our position as a leader in environmental stewardship,” said Debbie Shock, director of facilities and operations for The Clinton Foundation. “Former President Clinton takes great pride in green design and protecting the environment. Purchasing renewable energy credits is one way to make sure the Clinton Presidential Center is doing all that it can to make a positive environmental impact.”
The Clinton Presidential Center is the latest in a roster of eco-friendly companies and organizations that have teamed up with Green Mountain Energy Company’s BeGreen division to reduce their environmental impact through LEED certification. In a similar partnership earlier this year, BeGreen assisted the McKinney Green Building in suburban Dallas to attain the Core and Shell Platinum Pre-Certification LEED rating. This certification level is designed for designers, builders, developers and new building owners who want to address sustainable design for new core and shell construction, including base building elements such as structure, envelope and the HVAC system. The building was later dubbed by the Dallas Morning News as possibly “the most eco-friendly multi-tenant office building in Dallas-Fort Worth.”
About BeGreen Carbon Offsets
BeGreensm Carbon Offsets, the latest solution-based product from Green Mountain Energy Company, provides businesses and consumers the opportunity to offset their carbon impact through the purchase of renewable energy, forest sequestration, and other project based offsets. It also provides education on the serious effects of CO2 emissions and climate change, while introducing simple and effective ways to take steps towards becoming carbon neutral. Supported by a community of forward-thinking individuals, www.BeGreenNow.com encourages ways to cool down global warming.
About Green Mountain Energy Company
Green Mountain, the nation's leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions, began in 1997 with a simple idea: "to change the way power is made.” The company offers consumers and businesses the choice of cleaner electricity products using renewable sources such as wind, water and solar that help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the air. Green Mountain’s new carbon offset initiative — BeGreensm Carbon Offsets — provides simple and effective ways to take steps towards becoming carbon neutral. Visit www.BeGreenNow.com to learn about ways to cool down global warming. Green Mountain’s renewable energy and carbon offset customers have collectively helped avoid over 3.3 million tons of CO2 emissions.
AUSTIN, Texas — January 29, 2008 — While the William J. Clinton Presidential Center has earned a reputation as the gold standard in environmentally friendly design, the Little Rock, Ark., structure has added a new designation — the Platinum rating for its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) certification, thanks in part to its agreement with Green Mountain Energy Company’s BeGreen division. Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation’s leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset products, worked with the Clinton Presidential Center to offset 100% of its electricity consumption with renewable energy credits (RECs).
With the help of Green Mountain Energy’s strategic approach, the Clinton Presidential Center’s purchase of renewable energy from Green Mountain will offset 100 percent of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity usage through the end of 2008. Green Mountain has provided similar services to many organizations nationwide, helping these companies achieve LEED certification more than two dozen times since 2006.
“This purchase demonstrates how more and more businesses today understand the importance of renewable energy and reducing their carbon footprints. They are including the purchase of renewable energy, which helps them meet LEED certification goals, in their sustainability programs,” said Gillan Taddune, chief environmental officer of Green Mountain Energy Company. “Still, achieving LEED certification is not easy. Because Green Mountain itself has been through the process of certifying its own offices, the company has become much more than a REC provider for our customers — they look to us for our guidance and experience in navigating the process.”
“The Clinton Foundation and The Clinton Presidential Center are excited about working with BeGreen and Green Mountain Energy Company as we continue to fortify our position as a leader in environmental stewardship,” said Debbie Shock, director of facilities and operations for The Clinton Foundation. “Former President Clinton takes great pride in green design and protecting the environment. Purchasing renewable energy credits is one way to make sure the Clinton Presidential Center is doing all that it can to make a positive environmental impact.”
The Clinton Presidential Center is the latest in a roster of eco-friendly companies and organizations that have teamed up with Green Mountain Energy Company’s BeGreen division to reduce their environmental impact through LEED certification. In a similar partnership earlier this year, BeGreen assisted the McKinney Green Building in suburban Dallas to attain the Core and Shell Platinum Pre-Certification LEED rating. This certification level is designed for designers, builders, developers and new building owners who want to address sustainable design for new core and shell construction, including base building elements such as structure, envelope and the HVAC system. The building was later dubbed by the Dallas Morning News as possibly “the most eco-friendly multi-tenant office building in Dallas-Fort Worth.”
About BeGreen Carbon Offsets
BeGreensm Carbon Offsets, the latest solution-based product from Green Mountain Energy Company, provides businesses and consumers the opportunity to offset their carbon impact through the purchase of renewable energy, forest sequestration, and other project based offsets. It also provides education on the serious effects of CO2 emissions and climate change, while introducing simple and effective ways to take steps towards becoming carbon neutral. Supported by a community of forward-thinking individuals, www.BeGreenNow.com encourages ways to cool down global warming.
About Green Mountain Energy Company
Green Mountain, the nation's leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions, began in 1997 with a simple idea: "to change the way power is made.” The company offers consumers and businesses the choice of cleaner electricity products using renewable sources such as wind, water and solar that help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the air. Green Mountain’s new carbon offset initiative — BeGreensm Carbon Offsets — provides simple and effective ways to take steps towards becoming carbon neutral. Visit www.BeGreenNow.com to learn about ways to cool down global warming. Green Mountain’s renewable energy and carbon offset customers have collectively helped avoid over 3.3 million tons of CO2 emissions.
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