Monday, March 17, 2008

Less green house gases with the right tools?

040917-134-3496Californian, New Zeeland, South African and Australian winemakers’ associations in collaboration with Provisor Pt Ltd have developed a tool to analyse the green house gas emissions from wineries. The tool is based on an Excel spreadsheet file and helps the wine producer analyse the emissions in three groups: 1. Direct emissions (from tractors, heating/cooling equipment etc); 2. Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, gas and such like; and 3. Indirect emissions from other sources (packaging, external transports etc.). The tool is free (but we don’t know if it is reserved http://www.bkwine.com/images/vote-2.giffor Californian producers) and is, according to the information, easy to use to give the winemaker a better picture of the greenhouse gas emissions. More information: wineinstitute.org or foodweek.com.au. You can also download the tool directly from the Winemaker Association of Australia wfa.org.au

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