Dear All,
Would a renewable energy provider that has the Gold Standard for carbon offsets be considered similar to Green-E certification? We do not have any Green-E certified producers here in Turkey, but many Gold Standard certifications for wind power plants.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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June 9, 2010 - 6:41 pm
I believe that international projects either must purchase US-based Green-e RECs or demonstrate that the RECs they have purchased would meet the Green-e Standard in order to earn EAc6. I don't know if the offsets you refer to meet it or not but getting a copy of the Standard and having the Gold Standard supplier help you with the comparison would be the first step. Obviously the first path is the one of least resistance in the LEED certification review process.