Current / Upcoming
Webinar: If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Can You Burn It? An Overview of Green-e Energy's New Biomass Eligibility Criteria (Free)
Register NowWednesday, May 22, 2013 at 11:00 am PT.
Green-e Energy is pleased to announce that after a two-year process and several open stakeholder consultations, the Green-e Governance Board has approved final language revising the biomass eligibility criteria in the Green-e Energy National Standard. The updates include clarified language on forestry residues, tree plantations, eligibility of whole trees, trees from Federal land, and waste to energy technologies such as municipal solid waste (MSW) gasification.
CRS Counsel Robin Quarrier will discuss the new Green-e Energy biomass standard provisions in a free one-hour webinar and Q&A. To learn more about the updates to the Green-e Energy National Standard, see Green-e Energy National Standard and Governing Documents.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Energy (Free)
Register NowWednesday, June 5, 2013 at 10:00 am PT.
A free webinar that explains the Green-e Energy certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary renewable energy market in North America. This webinar will cover the basics of how renewable energy is generated, tracked, and sold; how Green-e Energy protects consumers by ensuring clear title to renewable energy purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and renewable energy sellers can become involved with Green-e Energy.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Marketplace (Free)
Register NowWednesday, July 10, 2013 at 10:00 am PT.
Green-e Marketplace is a program that recognizes organizations using certified renewable energy and enables them to demonstrate their environmental commitment through the use of the nationally recognized Green-e logo. Green-e Marketplace gives its participants unique resources to help them communicate their commitment to clean energy on their collateral, website, and products. This hour-long webinar explains the requirements of joining the program, the benefits of clean-energy purchases to an organization's sustainability strategy, and how Green-e Marketplace fits into the overall green-labeling ecosystem.
Webinar: Carbon Offsets 101 ($45)
Register NowThursday, August 8, 2013 at 10:00 am PT.
This essential introduction to carbon offsets covers the basics of how offsets work and provides an overview of the global voluntary market. This hour-long webinar will explain offset terms and definitions, project types, quality criteria, project standards and credit certification, and retail offset transactions and product certification. We will also cover the state of and trends in the voluntary marketplace, and an overview of different players in the market.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Climate (Free)
Register NowThursday, September 12, 2013 at 10:00 am PT.
CRS is hosting a free webinar about the Green-e Climate certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary carbon offset market. The webinar will cover the basics of carbon offset projects and international offset trading; how carbon offsets serve to reduce global carbon emissions; the unique role of Green-e Climate certification and the benefits it confers on certified products; how Green-e Climate protects consumers by ensuring clear title to carbon offset purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and offset sellers can become involved with Green-e Climate.
Renewable Energy Markets Conference 2013
September 22-24, 2013; Austin, TX. Join us for this year's annual conference focusing on the markets for renewable energy, from green pricing programs to renewable energy certificates, with sessions on marketing, state renewable portfolio standards, purchaser case studies, and Federal and state policies. Organized by Center for Resource Solutions and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Webinar: Renewable Energy 101 ($45)
Register NowThursday, October 10, 2013 at 11:00 am PT.
This essential introduction to renewable energy in the U.S. covers the basics of how the U.S. electricity grid operates, and the expanding role of clean energy to the nation's energy portfolio. This hour-long webinar also reviews renewable energy terms and definitions, types and distribution of resources like wind and solar, the basics of transmission and project financing, renewable energy certificates and utility opt-in green power programs, and certificate tracking. We will also cover the state of the renewable energy marketplace, including politics, players, and policies.
Past Events (2013)
Women's Environmental Network April Event: Is Generation from Biomass Renewable?
April 18, 2013. Robin Quarrier, Counsel at CRS and President of WEN, gave a brief presentation at the San Francisco Women's Environmental Network happy hour focusing a hot topic facing regulators today: Is Generation from Biomass Renewable?
Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) 2013
April 16-18, 2013. Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) is the largest and most comprehensive gathering for information and discussion around climate change policy and carbon markets. Happening April 16-18 in San Francisco, NACW will take an in-depth look at California's historic cap-and-trade program, including discussions on market structure, revenue allocation, legal issues and forecasts. The conference will also delve into other established and emerging carbon markets around the world and potential linkages. And, NACW will provide a platform for discussing offsets and offset supply, U.S. federal policies, and business leadership.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Energy (Free)
April 17, 2013. A free webinar that explained the Green-e Energy certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary renewable energy market in North America. This webinar covered the basics of how renewable energy is generated, tracked, and sold; how Green-e Energy protects consumers by ensuring clear title to renewable energy purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and renewable energy sellers can become involved with Green-e Energy.
Guest Speaking
April 4, 2013. CRS Counsel Robin Quarrier was a guest speaker on Arizona Energy Policy at the UC Berkeley School of Law's Introduction to Energy Law course.
Webinar: Sustainable Print Matters: An Introduction to Green-e re:print (Free)
April 3, 2013. Businesses in the Mid-Atlantic region are more concerned than ever about both the environmental impact of their operations and their bottom line. Green-e, a leader in renewable energy since 1997, has created a new supply chain sustainability tool that can help organizations lower their printing footprint and drive opportunities to connect with new customers. Orrin Cook, Green-e Marketplace Manager, introduced the Green-e re:print program and Laura Pagliarulo, Manager, Green Products, WGES, discussed how the company has implemented and benefited from the program.
Please note this webinar was a regionally focused webinar and intended for businesses with operations in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Marketplace
March 28, 2013. Green-e Marketplace is a program that recognizes organizations using certified renewable energy and enables them to demonstrate their environmental commitment through the use of the nationally recognized Green-e logo. Green-e Marketplace gives its participants unique resources to help them communicate their commitment to clean energy on their collateral, website, and products. This hour-long webinar explained the requirements of joining the program, the benefits of clean-energy purchases to an organization's sustainability strategy, and how Green-e Marketplace fits into the overall green-labeling ecosystem. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
RECS Market Meeting 2013
March 20-21, 2013. Orrin Cook and Alex Pennock attended the RECS Market Meeting 2013, the 3rd annual conference about state of the renewable energy market in Europe, held in Berlin, Germany.
Sustainability in Print: New Perspectives and Tools
March 13, 2013. Green-e hosted a lunch conversation with the Seattle business community at the Columbia Tower Club in the heart of downtown to lead a conversation about sustainable design and green printing. We gave updates about current green design trends and new sustainability tools like Green-e re:print - a new renewable energy supply chain program that lowers your printing footprint. Learn how our speakers use resources like Green-e re:print and others to integrate forward-thinking design into daily operations and communications. See the Announcement
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Climate (Free)
March 6, 2013. CRS hosted a free webinar about the Green-e Climate certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary carbon offset market. The webinar covered the basics of carbon offset projects and international offset trading; how carbon offsets serve to reduce global carbon emissions; the unique role of Green-e Climate certification and the benefits it confers on certified products; how Green-e Climate protects consumers by ensuring clear title to carbon offset purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and offset sellers can become involved with Green-e Climate.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Key Environmental Issues in U.S. EPA Region 4
February 26, 2013. Robin Quarrier, CRS's Counsel, spoke at "Key Environmental Issues in U.S. EPA Region 4", a one-day conference sponsored by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, offering a unique opportunity to engage in dialogue with policy makers and legal professionals involved in environmental issues throughout the Southeast.
Webinar: Carbon Offsets 101
February 21, 2013. This essential introduction to carbon offsets covered the basics of how offsets work and provided an overview of the global voluntary market. This hour-long webinar also explained offset terms and definitions, project types, quality criteria, project standards and credit certification, and retail offset transactions and product certification. We also covered the state of and trends in the voluntary marketplace, and an overview of different players in the market.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Print and a Pint
February 18, 2013. Orrin Cook was at Hemlock Printer's "Print and a Pint" event in Vancouver, B.C. on February 18th, talking about Green-e reprint. Fellow speakers included Neva Murtha of Canopy and Jeff Mendelsohn of New Leaf Paper.
EUEC 2013
January 28, 2013. Alex Pennock spoke at EUEC 2013, the 16th annual energy, utility and environment conference held in Phoenix, AZ. He discussed Green-e Energy and the voluntary renewable energy market in the context of recent action in Arizona around distributed generation and the state's Renewable Energy Standard.
Past Events (2012)
LEED, Renewable Energy, and Carbon Offsets
November 1, 2012. The U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC's) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a very popular and well-recognized voluntary standard for green buildings. LEED awards Energy and Atmosphere points for purchases of renewable energy and carbon offsets, acting as a significant driver in the market in the U.S. Updates to the LEED rating systems have recently been proposed, including significant changes to requirements for purchases of carbon offsets and renewable energy. CRS presented a webinar reviewing the current LEED requirements and how these requirements are proposed to change along with the rationale for these changes and how we can expect this to affect the market.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Introduction to Green-e Climate (Free)
October 25, 2012. CRS hosted a free webinar about the Green-e Climate certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary carbon offset market. The webinar covered the basics of carbon offset projects and international offset trading; how carbon offsets serve to reduce global carbon emissions; the unique role of Green-e Climate certification and the benefits it confers on certified products; how Green-e Climate protects consumers by ensuring clear title to carbon offset purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and offset sellers can become involved with Green-e Climate.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
The New and Improved FTC Green Guides: Marketing for Renewable Energy, Carbon Offsets, and On-Product Claims
October 24, 2012. Kathleen M. Pessolano, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection, and CRS Counsel Robin Quarrier led a webinar explaining recent updates to the FTC's "Green Guides," which provide guidance on environmental claims and certification marks, including the use of renewable energy and carbon offsets. The updated Guides expand the FTC's critical review of environmental claims by manufacturers and energy consumers. In this webinar, attendees learned about the scope of the newly revised Green Guides and their application to product manufacturers and renewable energy hosts, sellers, and purchasers.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
REC Claims through the Ownership Chain: Guidance for Describing Green Power Purchases
October 4, 2012. CRS's Robin Quarrier joined Brad Bowery, CEO, SREC Trade and Carol Harwell, Manager - Green Choice, Austin Energy in a free webinar hosted by REMA and moderated by Joseph Seymour, REMA Governmental Affairs Coordinator. The growing green power sector brings both opportunities and challenges for innovative renewable energy marketing and financing strategies. Get up to speed on claims guidance by watching the educational REMA webinar, "REC Claims through the Ownership Chain: Guidance and insights for green power purchases." Speakers from the renewable energy standards, finance, and utility sectors will discuss the steps and considerations for accurately describing the environmental claims of green power purchasers across the user spectrum. Plus, hear recommendations for aggregators, traders, and project developers on the marketing language used to promote these purchases.
The presentation is available. Watch the video.
Renewable Energy Markets Conference 2012
September 23-25, 2012. The 2012 Renewable Energy Markets conference was held at the Capital Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C. from the opening reception on September 23 to final sessions on Tuesday, September 25. Special thanks to City Sponsor Washington Gas Energy Services (WGES). REM 2012 was the biggest and best yet, and we were proud to bring it to the nation's capital for the first time since 2002.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Energy
August 23, 2012. A free webinar that explained the Green-e Energy certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary renewable energy market in North America. This webinar covered the basics of how renewable energy is generated, tracked, and sold; how Green-e Energy protects consumers by ensuring clear title to renewable energy purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and renewable energy sellers can become involved with Green-e Energy.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Marketplace
August 14, 2012. Green-e Marketplace is a program that recognizes organizations using certified renewable energy and enables them to demonstrate their environmental commitment through the use of the nationally recognized Green-e logo. Green-e Marketplace gives its participants unique resources to help them communicate their commitment to clean energy on their collateral, website, and products. This hour-long webinar explained the requirements of joining the program, the benefits of clean-energy purchases to an organization's sustainability strategy, and how Green-e Marketplace fits into the overall green-labeling ecosystem.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Webinar: Carbon Offsets 101
August 9, 2012. This essential introduction to carbon offsets covered the basics of how offsets work and provides an overview of the global voluntary market. This hour-long webinar also explained offset terms and definitions, project types, quality criteria, project standards and credit certification, and retail offset transactions and product certification. We also covered the state of and trends in the voluntary marketplace, and an overview of different players in the market.
Webinar: Renewable Energy 101
July 12, 2012. This essential introduction to renewable energy in the U.S. covered the basics of how the U.S. electricity grid operates, and the expanding role of clean energy to the nation's energy portfolio. This hour-long webinar also reviewed renewable energy terms and definitions, types and distribution of resources like wind and solar, the basics of transmission and project financing, renewable energy certificates and utility opt-in green power programs, and certificate tracking. We also covered the state of the renewable energy marketplace, including politics, players, and policies.
Financing Renewable Energy Projects
June 14-15, 2012. Hosted by Law Seminars International. Robin Quarrier spoke on a panel about renewable energy certificates and carbon credits in western states at the "Financing Renewable Energy Projects" conference held in San Francisco, CA.
Shades of Green: Incorporating Sustainability into Design
June 14, 2012. The Center for Resource Solutions and a panel of industry leaders discussed forward thinking design tactics for communicating sustainability. The panelists included Emma Stewart, Ph.D., Senior Manager of Sustainability Solutions at Autodesk; Jeff Mendelsohn, CEO & Co-founder of New Leaf Paper; and Brian Dougherty, Founding Partner & Creative Director at Celery Design Collaborative. Through targeted questions, our expert panel showcased working examples, stories, tactics and challenges around visual communication of complex sustainability principles, as they relate to energy, materials and climate issues.
The presentation is available. Watch the video.
The Sustainability Debate Over Biomass as a Renewable Energy Resource
May 31, 2012. 9:00 a.m. PT/ 12:00pm ET. Robin Quarrier spoke on a panel as part of a Quick Teleconference organized by the American Bar Association. This QT is designed to inform energy law practitioners on recent developments in the ongoing debate as to biomass renewable energy and the degree to which sustainability should, or should not, be a concern in regards to this sector of the renewable economy. This QT will touch on, among other items, the following: 1) Green-e's current process of revising its Energy National Standard in regards to biomass and sustainability; 2) the current work towards the creation of a national standard by the Council for Sustainable Biomass Production; and; 3) how financing providers evaluate the sustainability of potential biomass investments.
Webinar: Offsets vs. RECs: What's the Difference and How Should Each Be Used?
May 24, 2012. Matt Clouse, Director, Renewable Energy Policies & Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and Mary Sotos, GHG Protocol Initiative, World Resources Institute (WRI), joined CRS in presenting a webinar providing answers to questions about the difference between Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets, how the markets for these commodities interact, and the extent to which each can be used to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The webinar examined key areas of confusion including REC definitions, additionality, and ownership of reductions from renewable energy.
Who Should Attend: Purchasers and potential purchasers of renewable energy or carbon offsets, organizations participating or considering participation in GHG inventories, sellers, brokers, consultants, and others involved in either market.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck
Webinar: Carbon Claims in Green-e Marketplace: Using the Green-e Logo with your Purchase of Certified Offsets
May 10, 2012. Green-e Marketplace, the nation's leading symbol of renewable energy excellence, is now the nation's leading symbol of excellence in energy and climate stewardship. Green-e Marketplace, a program of Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), has integrated purchases of Green-e Climate Certified offsets into the array of claims available for verification under the Program. In addition to allowing organizations to use the Green-e logo for purchases of certified renewable energy, Green-e Marketplace can now grant logo use to companies that purchase Green-e Certified Carbon Offsets as part of their environmental strategy. This expansion of Green-e Marketplace represents a continuation of our goal of offering a robust program for recognition of climate leadership. CRS hosts this free webinar introduction to this new expansion of Green-e Marketplace and how to use the nationally recognized Green-e logo with your carbon offset and climate commitment claims.
Who Should Attend: Purchaser and potential purchasers of renewable energy or carbon offsets.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Climate
April 26, 2012. CRS hosted a free webinar about the Green-e Climate certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary carbon offset market. The webinar covered the basics of carbon offset projects and international offset trading; how carbon offsets serve to reduce global carbon emissions; the unique role of Green-e Climate certification and the benefits it confers on certified products; how Green-e Climate protects consumers by ensuring clear title to carbon offset purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and offset sellers can become involved with Green-e Climate.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Webinar: Made with Renewable Energy: How and Why Companies are Labeling Consumer Products
April 26, 2012. Green marketing – a marketing strategy highlighting the environmental attributes of a product, often through the use of labels or logos – dates back to the 1970s. It did not proliferate until the 1990s, however, when extensive market research identified a rapidly growing group of consumers with a heightened concern for the environment.
This Green Power Network webinar discussed the experience of companies that communicate to consumers that their products are 'made with renewable energy.' Jenny Heeter discussed the findings of NREL's recent report, Made with Renewable Energy: How and Why Companies are Labeling Consumer Products, which gathered insights from 20 companies. Orrin Cook, Center for Resource Solutions, highlighted the use of the Green-e logo. Laura Thompson, Sappi Paper, discussed her company's use of labeling. Finally, Angelika Pullen, WindMade, provided an overview of the new WindMade labeling initiative.
Women in Renewable Energy Career Panel: How to Land Your Dream Job!
April 12, 2012. Solar Marketing Group, in conjunction with the Women's Environmental Network (WEN) and the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Women of Wind Energy (WoWE), presented the second installment of the Women in Renewable Energy Career Panel: "How to Land Your Dream Job" on Thursday, April 12th! This follows on the heels of our first event "Blazing Your Way to the Top" which was a great success! CRS's Robin Quarrier moderated this engaging discussion on "How to Land Your Dream Job" in renewable energy!
Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) 2012
April 10-12, 2012. 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW), North America's largest and most anticipated carbon conference. Over the last decade, NACW has been known as the most trusted and reliable event for getting updates and insights
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Marketplace
March 22, 2012. Green-e Marketplace is a program that recognizes organizations using certified renewable energy and enables them to demonstrate their environmental commitment through the use of the nationally recognized Green-e logo. Green-e Marketplace gives its participants unique resources to help them communicate their commitment to clean energy on their collateral, website, and products. This hour-long webinar explained the requirements of joining the program, the benefits of clean-energy purchases to an organization's sustainability strategy, and how Green-e Marketplace fits into the overall green-labeling ecosystem.
The presentation is available. View the slides at the speaker deck.
Webinar: Cutting Edge Eco-Labels: Green-e
March 8, 2012. CRS's Orrin Cook presented as part of a webinar hosted by the Responsible Purchasing Network. This was an introduction to an innovative program developed by Green-e Marketplace, which certifies products manufactured with 100% renewable energy such as solar or wind power.
This webinar covered:
- Sustainable purchasing and climate-change concepts
- Overview of Green-e Marketplace certification
- Other Green-e certifications for renewable energy, including Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
- Q&A
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Energy
March 7, 2012. A webinar that explained the Green-e Energy certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary renewable energy market in North America. The webinar covered the basics of how renewable energy is generated, tracked, and sold; how Green-e Energy protects consumers by ensuring clear title to renewable energy purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and renewable energy sellers can become involved with Green-e Energy.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Webinar: Carbon Offsets 101
February 23, 2012. This essential introduction to carbon offsets covered the basics of how offsets work and provides an overview of the global voluntary market. This hour-long webinar explained offset terms and definitions, project types, quality criteria, project standards and credit certification, and retail offset transactions and product certification. We also covered the state of and trends in the voluntary marketplace, and an overview of different players in the market.
The presentation is available. Watch the speaker deck.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Re:print and Printing with Renewable Energy
February 22, 2012. Green-e Marketplace presented re:print, a printer and paper supply chain program that allows organizations to print with renewable energy like wind and solar. A growing number of organizations are looking to minimize the footprint of their printing and Green-e provides a tremendous tool through its re:print program to access these organizations. With high national recognition, the Green-e logo is also a great way to differentiate your business. Join us for a free webinar introducing Green-e re:print and be part of the next big movement in sustainable printing.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or view the slides at the speaker deck.
Webinar: Renewable Energy 101
January 19, 2012. This essential introduction to renewable energy in the U.S. covered the basics of how the U.S. electricity grid operates, and the expanding role of clean energy to the nation's energy portfolio. This hour-long webinar also reviewed renewable energy terms and definitions, types and distribution of resources like wind and solar, the basics of transmission and project financing, renewable energy certificates and utility opt-in green power programs, and certificate tracking. We also covered the state of the renewable energy marketplace, including politics, players, and policies.
The presentation is available. View the slides at the speaker deck.