Improvements in efficiency, modernisation, new capital investments on the generation side (power, heat, etc), altering the power station infrastructure to reduce distribution losses, modifying processes on the demand side to reduce the amount of electricity required in industry, and changes in production processes in industry qualify as energy efficiency initiates.

While Capacity Utilisation & Fine Tuning of existing resources can result in energy savings of up to 15%, Technology upgrades to a facility can result in Energy savings up to 30-40%.

Potential sectors where industries can avail CDM benefits are:

In landfills, Methane (CH4) is generated by the anaerobic decomposition of waste in land mines. In coal mines, it is generated as a by-product of the coal mining process. If untreated, the emitted methane contributes severely to global climate change. Since methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, its collection and combustion can lead to the creation of 'carbon credits'.

Owners or operators of sites that produce methane (landfills, sewer gas, coal mines, and associated gases from petroleum and natural gas production) have the potential liability to treat this gas emission. Carbon Services ensures that this environmental responsibility is taken care, and turns it into a profitable financial project. We can help design and implement efficient methane extraction systems, emission control devices, thermal destruction systems, and energy recovery technologies for our clients, that lead to CDM emission credits.

Some of the various options, other than gas flaring, available for making productive use of methane gas include electricity generation, which can be fed to the national grid or to private customers. Methane can also be used for in vehicles after scrubbing, purification, and compression. Alternative use of the gas can be explored including in boilers or as a replacement for fuels used in certain industries.

Nitrous Oxide is a byproduct from the production of nitric acid, which has a global warming potential of 310, compared with 1 for carbon dioxide. Carbon Services and its international partners are developing nitrous oxide reduction projects, utilizing cutting edge catalyst technology, which converts nitrous oxide into its constituents (nitrogen and oxygen). The Fertilizer industry classifies as an ideal Nitrous Oxide CDM Project.

Activities in this sector can provide a relatively cost-effective way of combating climate change, either by increasing removals by sinks of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere (e.g. by planting trees or managing forests), or by reducing emissions (e.g. by curbing deforestation).

The development of policy on SINKS cover emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from land use, land-use change and forestry. Carbon Services participates in projects that increasing removal of GHG from the atmosphere, by planting trees or managing forests, or by reducing emissions , i.e. by curbing deforestation.

And through these methods, we can Offset Carbon Emission in a better way. Individuals and businesses are taking keen interest in carbon offsetting, giving them opportunities to participate in global warming solutions.

Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) are currently dumped in the open, in an unmanaged manner. Projects that utilize this waste for energy generation, thereby replacing and reducing the amount of fossil fuels used in Pakistan's thermal power plants, can qualify for CDM projects.

Carbon Services helps clients in the avoidance of N2O, PFC, HFC, and SF6, and the subsequent creation of CDM projects, monitoring of these projects, and the trading of CERs resulting from their implementation.