EcoLogoTM Releases its Renewable Low-Impact Electricity Products Standard
OTTAWA, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - In a climate of change - an uncertain economy and an altered environment - the need for reliable, cleaner and greener electricity is stronger than ever. Today, the EcoLogo Program, one of North America's most recognizable eco-labels, publicly released its standard for Renewable Low-Impact Electricity Products and is set to help change the way greener electricity is defined across Canada.
"EcoLogo has long served as the de facto standard for greener electricity generation in many Canadian jurisdictions and this newly revised standard will help the top environmental performers in the electricity sector to receive the recognition they deserve," says Dr. Angela Griffiths, Executive Director of the EcoLogo Program.
Under this newly revised standard, the availability of certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and bundled electricity will make it easier for consumers and purchasers to support renewable low-impact electricity products, leading to the potential growth in this market over time.
Bundled renewable low-impact electricity and RECs recognized in this standard can be derived from the following generation technologies: biogas-fuelled electricity, biomass-fuelled electricity, solar-powered electricity, wind-powered electricity and hydro-powered electricity. New additions to this revised EcoLogo Renewable Low-Impact Electricity Products standard are geothermal, tidal and wave-powered electricity.
The benefits of renewable, low-impact electricity products, are numerous: the displacement of non-renewable fuels with renewable, more sustainable fuel sources; lower air emissions that contribute to climate change, smog, acid rain and air-borne particulate pollution; the reduction of solid wastes arising from both the mining and extraction of non-renewable fuel sources, and the disposal of toxic metal emissions and nuclear wastes; and the reduction of impacts on aquatic, and terrestrial ecosystems from electricity generating activities.
For more information about this newly revised standard, visit www.ecologo.org, click on "Our Standards" and choose CCD-003 for Renewable Low-Impact Electricity.
About EcoLogoTM:
EcoLogo is a third-party, multi-attribute eco-labeling program approved by the Global Ecolabelling Network, an international association of eco-labeling programs, as meeting the ISO 14024 standard. Originally formed in 1988 by the Canadian Federal Government and now managed by TerraChoice, EcoLogo is one of the most recognizable eco-labels in North America. EcoLogo is a Government of Canada official mark used under license from Environment Canada. TerraChoice is not an agent of Environment Canada. For more information, visit www.ecologo.org.
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