Serving the interests of industry… and our planet
To meet the challenges of climate change, industry needs standards, methods and materials for built environments, intelligent building systems, the hydrogen economy and supporting infrastructure, district heating and cooling, clean coal and management of greenhouse gases.
To spearhead its work in this area, CSA opened a Climate Change office in Ottawa and directed a team of senior CSA staff to review current activities and identify the most promising business opportunities.
Greenhouse gas tools
On January 1, 2005, CSA acquired the highly successful Web-based greenhouse gas registry systems and associated expertise developed by Canada's Voluntary Challenge and Registry (VCR). CSA Climate Change, GHG Registries, provides industry and government with tools to measure, report and manage greenhouse gas emissions, reductions and removals.
Managing environmental impacts
CSA published a practical handbook and offered seminars to help users apply new environmental management standards from the International Organization for Standardization. The ISO 14000 family of standards was developed by an international committee of environmental experts, administered by CSA on behalf of the Standards Council of Canada.
