Off-setting electricity use: Municipalities can install large, centralized ground-mount solar PV arrays to offset energy from their operations at sites across the community. Photo: Aerial view of the Town of Raymond Solar Carport and Athletic Park roof mount systems
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January 2022
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A common goal in climate change work is to make your building or community net-zero. Net-zero refers to the state where greenhouse gas (GHG) entering the atmosphere is balanced by their removal from the atmosphere. It can be achieved by eliminating the production of GHG emissions at the source or by removing emissions after they are created through sequestration or otherwise.
In terms of energy consumption, net-zero means that the total amount of energy used
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