Equivalent to Green-E

Wayne, I think you'd want to review the Green-e standard for RECs, from the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS). It is fairly technical but also readable for a layperson—someone with renewables experience should have no problem with it.Whether or not this path has been successfully followed, and how projects have gone about it, I  can't comment on. Given the low cost of RECs on the open market, I doubt it has been attractive to many project teams. Anyone?

We have achieved this credit on a couple of non-US projects. To show equivalence with Green-e was an initial consideration, especially since the availability of renewable energy was given or supplied to the building in any case. But to show compliance would have been too time consuming. This starts with figuring the kWh production, which you can assume and ends with the details of defining renewable energy. So we bought RECs.

Hi Susann,

Our project location is Singapore.As you have mentioned that your projects were non-US projects , do you have any recommendations for REC sellers outside US and how to go about it?

We bought the RECs from a company out of Chicago, USA. They charge your credit card as the most convenient way for payment. www.Carbonsolutionsgroup.com
They will help you figure out how much you need and send you a contract. Very responsive people. My contact was Scott Maloney.