Canadian's are some of the biggest polluters of CO2, emitted from our natural gas furnaces, hot water heaters, and the electricity used within our homes. In fact, we are #8 on a list of almost 200 countries in terms of annual C02 emissions. *CANADAGLOBALWARMING.com

It's easy to have an Evergreen home! Summitt Energy's Evergreen Program is a simple, effective, and affordable way to reduce your carbon footprint. Summitt Energy's Evergreen Program offers and an easy way to offset your carbon emissions through the purchase of Carbon Offset Credits.

Electricity used in your home adds polluting emissions to the atmosphere. You can subtract those bad emissions by purchasing a balanced number of carbon offset credits for emission reductions achieved by projects such as wind, solar, or small hydro generation.

Your home's electricity consumption is a lead indicator of how much polluting emissions you contribute to the environment. The more electricity you use, then the more harmful emissions you are releasing. It's that simple.

That is why Summitt Energy created the EverGreen Program. It allows socially responsible homeowners to offset all or just some of the electricity emissions they personally generate when running their home. Homeowners who choose the EverGreen way to a cleaner environment can let their neighbours know their choice with a "This house is earth friendly" window sign. Reducing our personal carbon footprint is each of our responsibility. It's time to take action.

A carbon offset is an emission reduction credit from another organization's project that results in less carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere than would otherwise occur. When you enroll in the Summitt Energy EverGreen Program, Summitt Energy invests in Canadian - CSA (Canadian Standards Association) certified Carbon Offsets.

When you enroll in the Summitt Energy EverGreen Program, Summitt Energy invests in Canadian - CSA (Canadian Standards Association) certified Carbon Offsets. Summitt Energy and Zerofootprint have partnered to support Canadian carbon reduction programs. When you participate in the Summitt Energy EverGreen program you're supporting projects like:

• Tire recycling in Quebec
• Landfill gas recovery projects in Ontario
• Reforestation in British Columbia

Through these projects an equivalent amount of carbon emissions to that of the average home's electricity usage (2.2 tonnes of CO2) is offset through the Summitt Energy EverGreen Program and removed from the Canadian environment.

The Big Thaw... "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that if no explicit action is taken to curb GHG emissions from human activities, the global average surface temperature is projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8 Degrees Celcius between 1990 and 2100. Warming of this magnitude would cause enormous disruption."

The Case for Deep Reductions, Canada's Role in Preventing Dangerous Climate Change, The Pembina Institute.

1. Home Energy Savings Program - An energy conservation program from the Government of Ontario that shows you how your home uses energy and where it is being leaked. Identify improvements you can make to your home that could result in hundreds of dollars in energy savings each year.
   • Find an energy advisor in your area, book an appointment and save half on your audit, up to $150.
   • Complete as many, or all of the recommended energy-saving upgrades.
   • Get up to $5,000 in Ontario rebates
   Click link below to book your audit today.
   http://enwisepower.com/
2. Turn off lights, install energy efficient lighting, keep your house a few degrees warmer in the summer.
3. Watch your water usage, install low-flow showerheads.
4. Turn down your thermostat in the winter.
5. Buy locally when possible.
6. Use reusable bottles for water and reusable containers for food.
7. Recycle. The amount of energy required to make new products is much greater than that to recycle old ones.
8. Go paperless if possible. Think before you print!
9. What you can't reduce, offset. Purchase carbon offsets for things like your home electricity use.

When you sign up for the Summitt Energy EverGreen Program, Summitt Energy invests in many projects in Canada that help to reduce our carbon emissions. All of these projects are CSA approved and ISO certified. Two such project are highlighted below.

This long term growth forest is a unique project. Unlike reforestation, where trees are planted to replace those felled by logging activity, this forest is specially managed to ensure that a variety of plant and tree species are planted that will ensure the future success of the forest. Since the project began in 2006 it has sequestered of 220,000 tonnes of carbon credits over an area of approx 83 hectares. Over 36,000 trees have been planted including Douglas Firs, Sitka Spruces, Western Red Cedars, Western Hemlocks and Cottonwoods.

In 2005, AMCO Farms installed three 800 hp combustion units capable of burning biomass to replace the natural gas and oil-fired heating units that were previously in use. AMCO has been a family run farming operation in Leamington, Ontario since 1963 that now includes 40 acres of covered greenhouses for growing vegetables. AMCO reduces GHC emissions by replacing fossil fuels with renewable biomass to generate thermal energy required to heat the greenhouses throughout the year. The combustion of these waste materials means they are diverted from landfills where they would decompose anaerobically, resulting in the emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2).