ECOASSET SOLUTIONS next webinar istentatively scheduled for August 6th at 12 PM. It is called Energy Finance Programs, A PACE Primer and will feature a general introduction to PACE programming including the Energy Finance Program bill recently passed by the Florida Senate and House of Representatives.
ECO2ASSET SOLUTIONS is uniquely qualified to serve public and private landowners. Most notably, we are a landowner too as our parent company, Lykes Bros. Inc., is the 10th largest landowner in the U.S. Because of this affiliation, we understand sustainability initiatives and related issues from a landowner’s perspective. Additionally, we have conducted the baseline carbon sequestration analysis and greenhouse gas inventory of over 4.7 million acres of public lands and related conservation land units in the State of Florida.
Our companies can provide landowners with advisory, analysis and management in the areas of sustainability, crop life cycle analysis, greenhouse gases, carbon offset project development, carbon credit commercialization and green labeling for your crops. Each of these areas have different implications for different landowners and it is our goal to understand each landowner’s unique set of circumstances, goals and objectives in an effort to provide advice on what value we can bring to the table.
There are a variety of areas applicable to landowners where we may be able to help you create new revenue and save money.
Croplands
Greenhouse Gas Inventory - Greenhouse gas emissions result from land–use practices that include fertilization, liming, fuel use from agricultural equipment, and carbon losses due to tillage practices. ECO2ASSET SOLUTIONS can conduct a comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory to determine net greenhouse gas emissions for your operation.
Green Labeling/Marketing - Our firm can use the results from your product’s carbon footprint to develop “eco-labels” for your product (e.g., pound of CO2 per unit of crop for sale)
Life Cycle Analysis - Chances are that your crops are raw materials for some consumer product. In today’s economy, the buyers of your crops are very interested in the environmental impact (or carbon footprint) of the raw materials that are going into their finished goods. Many of these buyers are beginning to request and in some cases demand that growers and harvesters conduct a formal analysis in order to determine the environmental footprint of their crop.
Carbon Offset Projects - Any project that reduces greenhouse gas emissions can be considered for carbon credits. Example project types include:
Improved Cropland Management such as use of cover crops, field buffers, reduced fertilizer use, improved pump efficiencies and much more.
Renewable Energy Crops. Crops can be grown as feedstocks for biomass to energy projects. These can include energy cane, corn, soybeans and jatropha
Timberlands
Afforestation – Planting trees in areas where no forest has been before (e.g., rangeland, former cropland or pastureland).
Reforestation – Planting trees in areas that were formerly forested and whose land use was converted to agriculture, pasture, or other land use for at least 10 years.
Increasing Carbon Stocks –Taking specific actions to increase carbon storage. Projects include planting with genetically improved species, replanting with faster growing trees, and lengthening the rotation of your timber stand.
Long-lived Forest Products – These projects involve changing the end use of your timber in order to sequester carbon for longer periods of time (e.g., lumber vs. paper or mulch).
Fuel Switching – Using biomass instead of coal or other fossil fuels can offset greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, renewable energy credits (RECs) can be layered onto the project.
Avoided Deforestation – Maintaining existing forests can prevent carbon from being released into the atmosphere.
Grasslands, Rangelands and Livestock
Greenhouse Gas Inventory - Greenhouse gas emissions result from land–use practices that include fertilization, liming, fuel use from mowing equipment and carbon losses from land–use practices (tillage and burning) or from biological processes within livestock through enteric fermentation (belching) and manure. Greenhouse gas reductions result from accumulated soil carbon. ECO2ASSET SOLUTIONS can conduct a comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory to determine net greenhouse gas emissions for your operation.
Carbon Offset Projects - Any project that reduces or captures greenhouse gas emissions can be considered for carbon credits. Example project types include:
Increasing Carbon Stocks/Carbon Capture - Increasing forage productivity, using species with deeper roots, increasing pump efficiencies (for irrigated grasslands), reducing fertilizer and much more.
Pastureland - Rotational grazing
Anaerobic Digester - Reduces emissions from livestock manure (and generate energy from the captured gas) and dietary supplements to reduce emissions from enteric fermentation.
