CarbonCare Premises

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CarbonCare Premises is a label from Carbon Care Asia. It
is a comprehensive and all-inclusive program incorporating
design, construction, operation and offset applying
international standards, integrating carbon-conscious
concepts and measurements to enable the development or
retrofitting of climate-friendly premises.

Objectives
• encourage businesses and organizations to establish low-
carbon premises through innovative concept design and
best operation practice;
• benchmark carbon management performance within the
premises; and
• give recognition to the measures and levels of the
participants’ effort in tackling climate change via
voluntary actions.

Why Carbon and Carbon Actions?

Carbon has become the common denominator for

measuring carbon emission, whether it is generated from
energy, water, waste or food. Talking about “green” is not
tangible. Carbon in tonnage, is a measurable unit
applicable to individual lifestyle, business operations and
industrial operations in terms of carbon footprint. Carbon
actions are actions that either 1) actively reduce individual
and collective carbon footprint or 2) offset carbon emission
by purchasing carbon credits that support verified
renewable energy projects.
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CarbonCare Premises Standard (CCP-2009)
To apply for a CarbonCare Premises label,
applicants should follow the CarbonCare
Premises standard (CCP-2009) for the interior
design, office operation and carbon
management system of the premises.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Application for
CarbonCare
Premises Label

Interior Design
Evaluation

CCP-2009 includes:

Premises Operation
CarbonCare Interior Design Requirements (CIDR) Evaluation
A consensus-based point system is used to determine a premises’
level of sustainability at design stage. The requirements are built
from four categories that are used to evaluate a design, with a
maximum score in each category. Carbon Management
Evaluation

These categories are:

‧Energy Performance Verification

‧Materials and Waste
‧Water Usage
‧Innovations Issuing of
CarbonCare
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Premises Best Practice Requirements (PBPR)

These requirements are built from seven categories that

are used to evaluate the operational practice of premises,
with a maximum score in each category.

These categories are:

Low Carbon Commitment
Training and Communications
Energy Use
Paper Use
Waste and Recycling
Green Purchasing
Green Transport

CRITERIA AND LABELING

Carbon Management Evaluations (CME)
These evaluations aim to quantify the applicant’s
CarbonCare design and operational practice in terms of
Carbon Footprint. Carbon Management Evaluations
cover:
• Carbon Footprint Measurement
• Carbon Footprint Reporting
• Carbon Reduction through Offsetting
Advisory Panel
• Prof Ho Kin Chung, Dean, School of
Science and Technology, the Open
University of Hong Kong
• Mr Peter Gorer, AIA, RIBA, LEED AP
Facility Asset Strategist
• Ir Albert Lai, Founding Chairman,
Peoples’ Council for Sustainable
Development
• Ir Dr Michael Leung, Chairman of Energy
Institute (HK Branch)
Each scheme and category comes with a different
scoring system. Please contact our consultants if you
need more information on these scoring systems.
The total number of points achieved is by adding up
all the scores from each requirement category. The
grand total determines the level of CarbonCare
Premises certification to be awarded to the applicant.
The certification is classified by three kinds of labels:
Green Label
Gold Label
Platinum Label
Verification Process
Verification of the compliance with the requirements
of CarbonCare Premises Standard (CCP-2009) will
be conducted by CCA’s accredited auditor(s) and
third party verifiers.
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Based on the carbon footprint, the applicant can decide if it wants to become a
100% carbon neutral premises through purchasing Verified Emission Reductions CARBON
(VERs) from renewable energy projects via CCA for portions of emissions that
cannot be reduced.
OFFSET
The application criteria is that the premises must offset at least 50% of its carbon
footprint under the Carbon Management Evaluations scheme.

Carbon Care Asia supports carbon offset projects through purchasing carbon
credits in renewable energy and resource conservation projects. CCA sources
Verified /Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) and Certified Emission Reduction
(CER) certificates in China.

Under the CCA Carbon Offset scheme, applicants are offered the choice of
purchasing from various VER projects to offset their carbon footprints.

Applicants who wish to purchase higher volume and more specific carbon credits
(VER or CER) are offered customized packages by CCA.

Why Carbon Offsets?

Carbon offsets help you balance out your own contribution to global warming by
funding greenhouse gases reduction projects. With carbon offsets, you can
balance out 100% of those emissions you cannot eliminate through conservation.
Funding such projects also create green jobs, reduce health and life hazards
created by industries such as coal-mining, re-create balance in communities badly
affected by carbon emitting industries or climate change.

What are Voluntary Emission About Carbon Care Asia

Reductions (VERs)?
Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs) are
purchasable credits transferred from greenhouse
gases reductions made possible by an emissions-
reducing project, such as a wind farm. VERs are
verified by independent third parties based on
various current standards. They become the
instrument for individuals, organisations or
activities to offset their emissions.
Carbon Care Asia is an integrated carbon management
solutions provider. We provide solutions for businesses
and institutions to manage their impact on the
environment by measuring, reducing and offsetting their
carbon dioxide emissions.
Our Vision & Action 450K Campaign
Carbon Care Asia aims to mainstream low carbon
management practices by companies, institutions and the
community in Hong Kong and nearby regions by 2012. We
have announced a Hong Kong-wide “Action 450K
Campaign” through which we hope to engage both public
and business sectoral leaders to together help
reduce/offset carbon by 450,000 tonnes by the end of 2010,
i.e. 1% of Hong Kong’s annual carbon emission.

Carbon Care Asia Limited

23/F Tin On Sing Commercial Building,
43 Graham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852-2541-5020 Website: www.CarbonCareasia.com