Selling Carbon Credits to Pay for Building Energy Retrofits

National Association for State Community Services (NASCS) is leveraging innovative work coming out of Maine, that has turned gas savings in their state into carbon credits they are selling on the pre-compliance markets.  NASCS is working on national standards to quantify carbon credits for the ailing low income weatherization program.  This will create a valuable new revenue stream at a time when this program that as funded at $5B during the ARRA period, but is now being cut back drastically, even below pre-ARRA funding levels.


Clearly creating carbon credits is a short leap from quantified energy savings.  We at ICP see emerging carbon markets as potential new revenue sources for properly documented energy savings.

Read the article in Forbes