* Personal – follow this link to the best online carbon calculator we have found. http://calculator.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
* Businesses – Depending on the complexity of your processes, one of our certified assessors can do an assessment of your business and provide recommendations to reduce your footprint. Or we will introduce you to Carbon Counted, a Canadian not for profit organization who can do a detailed assessment by each product you sell or service you provide. http://www.carboncounted.com/
A carbon offset is a real and verified reduction of GHG emissions that can be purchased by individuals, organizations, and businesses. Carbon offsets play an important role in corporate climate change strategies by mitigating the emissions that have not yet been reduced or eliminated through operational changes. Carbon Zero has been a trusted provider of third-party verified carbon offsets for more than 15 years that we recommend.
https://app.carbonzero.ca/index/buy-offsets
* Project Assessment * Project Development and Management
SOLARGIS website provides solar resource maps and GIS data for 200+ countries and regions.
https://solargis.com/resources/free-maps-and-gis-data
If building greater than a 10kw system you will need to determine the class of your land, follow this link to do a Land Assessment . https://www.gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca/matm/Index.html?viewer=Make_A_Topographic_Map.MATM&locale=en-US
* Project Assessment * Project Development and Management
Resource Assessment: This site features colour maps representing the average wind velocity and power on the whole country, as well as corresponding geophysical characteristics, all available in an easy to use browsing interface that allows you to go quickly to the heart of the meteorological data. https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/canmetenergy/pdf/fichier/81770/windtrm_resource_map.pdf
Grid capacity: With Solar or Wind Energy projects you need to find out if you have Grid capacity. Follow this link to determine if there is Capacity in your area before you do anything else so you don’t waste time and money because if you do not have grid capacity there is no sense doing anything else. http://www.hydroone.com/Generators/Pages/StationCapacityCalculator.aspx