Here’s your opportunity to strengthen the Juneau Carbon Offset Fund! A couple of minutes of your time to submit a short comment may help to bring JCOF international recognition and greater business involvement. One step at a time. That’s been our mantra here at Renewable Juneau as we continue to leap hurdles in pursuit of … Continue reading Help with Certification of JCOF: Comment Period Open through December 1!
Category: Carbon Offsetting
29 Families Served!
The Juneau Carbon Offset Fund has just completed its 29th lower-income heat pump installation! An average of 500 gallons of heating oil is eliminated from a home with the addition of a heat pump bringing the Fund’s average annual oil elimination to 14,500 gallons! This home was far thirstier than the norm, swallowing a massive … Continue reading 29 Families Served!
2350 Gallons Eliminated and $6000 Saved Annually
Four new families served! Four additional Juneau households are the latest recipients of Renewable Juneau’s Carbon Offset Fund air source heat pumps. In total, these four families will no longer need an annual volume of 2350 gallons of diesel heating fuel and combined should realize a combined home heating cost savings of over $6000. Yearly! … Continue reading 2350 Gallons Eliminated and $6000 Saved Annually
‘Above and Beyond Alaska’ Partners with the Juneau Carbon Offset Fund
Renewable Juneau is thrilled to share its latest Juneau Carbon Offset Fund partnership – Above and Beyond Alaska has joined the team! “The Juneau Carbon Offset Fund just makes sense for a local tourism business like Above and Beyond Alaska. We’re excited to add carbon offsetting to our ever expanding list of sustainability measures,” said … Continue reading ‘Above and Beyond Alaska’ Partners with the Juneau Carbon Offset Fund
Thank You NCL and JCF!
As recently reported by KTOO, Renewable Juneau’s Carbon Offset Fund (JCOF) is one of a handful of recipient’s of a portion of $2 million donated to Juneau non profits by Norwegian Cruise Linea and managed and distributed by the Juneau Community Foundation. “We are thrilled to be included as one of the important social service … Continue reading Thank You NCL and JCF!
JCOF Recruited by Tidelines Institute
Alaska’s Tidelines Institute has recruited the Juneau Carbon Offset Fund to provide carbon-reducing services and an educational opportunity for two of its 2021 summer course offerings. Tidelines Institute is dedicated to education, research, and community. In its field-based courses, students undertake wilderness exploration, subsistence living, and a rigorous scientific curriculum and research, honing tangible scientific … Continue reading JCOF Recruited by Tidelines Institute
26,880 Pounds…
…is the weight of about 134 super cute baby elephants. These goofy-looking, yet adorable African critters are born at about 200 pounds each. So, if you had a room full of 134 of these cuties, the built-in scale in the floor would read 26,880 pounds, or, pretty close to it. This weight is equivalent to … Continue reading 26,880 Pounds…
Two Juneau Home Sees Lower Heating Bills / Slash CO2 Emissions
The 16th and 17th Juneau lower-income families have jumped the Juneau Carbon Offset Fund (JCOF) hurdles and are now enjoying the clean, dry, inexpensive, and carbon-free heat of their new Daikin heat pumps! The heat pumps in these two homes will eliminate the need for roughly 900 gallons of diesel fuel annually, roughly 20 barrels … Continue reading Two Juneau Home Sees Lower Heating Bills / Slash CO2 Emissions
#15 Pumping Heat!
Renewable Juneau is proud to announce that the 15th heat pump from our Juneau Carbon Offset Fund (JCOF) is, as our primary installer likes to say, “pumping heat!” The Davis family of the Thunder Mountain trailer park is the second trailer in the park to benefit from the hundreds of individuals who have purchased carbon … Continue reading #15 Pumping Heat!
Just in time for the Holidays #2!
The Juneau Carbon Offset Fund (JCOF) announces our 14th lower income family home heat pump installation – just in time for the holiday season – again, right on the heels of installation #13! Shortly after the heat pump started moving heat from the outdoors to the inside of the house, I received an excited email … Continue reading Just in time for the Holidays #2!