SESSION 1: 2.5 hours

INTRODUCTION, EXECUTIVE BRIEFING & HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIES
• Introduction: The Need for Carbon Reduction and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Management
   – Trends and data on the global challenges we face (data students can apply)
   – History, legislation and terminology
   – Examples of successful programs: profits, results and benefits
• Initial Assessment
• Q&A

SESSION 2: 2.5 hours

INTRODUCTION TO CARBON MANAGEMENT
• Insights from Class / Instructor
• GHG Management Process Overview
   – Reduce, reuse, recycle and apply energy efficiency/management
   – Implement green power / renewable energy sources
   – Implement offset / trade strategies
• Overview & Terminology of Protocols, Programs & Tools
   – Kyoto's 6 listed greenhouse gases
   – GWP factor
   – Control vs. equity share approaches
   – De-Minimis
   – Base year and adjustments
   – Transitional periods
   – Tier quantification system
   – ISO 14064 & 14065 as well as trading terms
   – Emissions categories and source types
• Setting Up Your GHG Program
• GHG Audit and Reporting Process
   – Identify boundaries (tenant vs. communal areas), sources
   – Quantify, report and verify emissions

CARBON FOOTPRINT MEASUREMENT & MONITORING
• Components of a Carbon and GHG Emissions Audit
   – Identify carbon intensity
   – Electricity, gas and fuel usage (Scope I and II emissions)
   – Scope III emissions: extended audit components
   – Emissions conversion factors and where to find them
• Exact Steps to Setting Up a Carbon and GHG Reduction program,
   Reporting Software & Reporting Formats
   – Protocols and timelines to calculate, certify and report your GHG emissions
   – Establishing reduction goals as well as monitoring and reporting tools
   – Verification process tools
   – Direct, indirect, mobile and fugitive source management
• Best Practices from GHG Auditing Professionals Around the World
• GHG Conversion Worksheets, Emissions Conversion Exercises
   (to help students convert energy savings into avoided carbon emissions)
• Inventory Management Planning/Processes

PRACTICAL APPLICATION
• Class Exercise - Conducting a Complete GHG Emissions Audit

SESSION 3: 2.5 hours

• Class Exercise (continued)
• "Debrief" and Discussion of Class Exercise

SESSION 4: 2.5 hours

PRACTICAL STRATEGIES & TACTICS TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
• Quick review, Insights from Case Studies
• Proven Tactical Measures to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and GHG Emissions
   – Re-engineer processes to reduce emissions
   – Resources for building it "right" (LEED plus more)
   – Energy efficiency and management
   – Energy procurement and green power
   – Renewable and other sustainable technologies
   – Tax benefits
   – Green janitorial, water & waste management / reuse / recycling
   – Green transportation and administrative functions
   – Greening your suppliers and distributors

CARBON CREDITS, GHG TRADING AND NEW REVENUE TACTICS
• Emissions Reduction Projects, RECs, Offsets & Trading Stragegies / Terms
   – Wind, solar, methane recovery, green credits, white certificates
   – Carbon trading speculation strategies
   – Fleet management
   – Additional profit-generating as well as bartering strategies
• Creating an On-Going Green Program
• Process for Finding Profitable Green Strategies

SESSION 5: 2 hours

FINANCING / SELLING / APPROVING YOUR PROGRAM
• 3 Big Reasons Why Green Projects Fail… and How to Overcome Them
• Financing for Positive Cash Flow
• How to Quantify Benefits & Help Your Organization Improve
   Its "Environmental Image"
• Marketing Tactics to Help Your "Green" Project Get Approved
• Course Review, Wrap Up
• Open Q&A