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Your stay in a hotel, hostel, apartment or B&B has a carbon footprint – the quantity of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other climate change–causing greenhouse gases emitted in the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heating and other activities. You can reduce the footprint of your stay by turning off lights and appliances when not in use, turning off heating/air conditioning when you’re not in the room and reusing towels and linens. budgetplaces.com has partnered with Offset Options to give you the choice of making your stay carbon neutral by purchasing a carbon offset to accommodation-related emissions.
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What is a carbon footprint?
Your hotel stay has a carbon footprint – including the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from energy use from lights, appliances, and heating/air-conditioning. With CO2 recognized as a leading contributor to climate change, travelers are increasingly looking to assess and reduce their CO2 emissions. Carbon offsets, which represent a reduction in CO2 emissions, are the next step in the carbon management process. By purchasing carbon offsets representing an amount equal to your calculated carbon footprint, you can make your footprint “carbon neutral”.
How does offsetting carbon emissions work?
Your carbon offset purchase supports projects that reduce carbon emissions, “balancing” the carbon emitted as a result of your hotel stay. All carbon offset projects available through Offset Options are independently verified and are issued the best global carbon standards projects.
By contributing to these projects, you are demonstrating the responsibility you’ve taken to minimize the carbon footprint of your hotel stay by offsetting the carbon emissions associated and supporting sustainable development in the location where your offset was generated.
How is my money invested?
Budgetplaces.com has partnered with Offset Options to offer travelers the highest quality carbon offsets from around the world. The Offset Options Carbon Offset Marketplace allows you to choose from carbon offset projects certified by the highest standards in the international marketplace:
- Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS)
- Gold Standard (GS)
- Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
- Certified Emission Reduction (CER)
Relying on external accrediting organizations assures that offered projects are real, measurable, permanent, additional, and independently verified.
For each project, the project developer must determine that its funding, in the form of carbon offsets, is crucial to the project going ahead. This means that these projects rely on your support and investment to make them financially viable and would not have occurred without you!
How was the carbon footprint calculated?
The calculated emissions of 29 kg CO2 per room-night for low to midscale hotels is based on data provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency and DEFRA.
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