Graham HarrisMar 26, 20201 minOur 2019 carbon footprint and reduction planFirefly is proud to announce the publication of our 2019 greenhouse gas inventory and action plan. The full inventory can be downloaded...
Graham HarrisMar 2, 20202 minHas my improved attic insulation actually reduced my carbon footprint? (A follow-up)Last June I posted a blog about getting my attic insulation upgraded. You can read the full blog post here, but as a quick reminder, I...
Graham HarrisFeb 4, 20201 minA disappearing light?This morning’s papers featured some rather unfortunate news for our namesake insect, the firefly. As we talked about in a previous post,...
Graham HarrisDec 6, 20192 minChanges in ISO 14064-2:2019 for GHG Reduction Projects. What's new?For the last in our three-part series looking at the changes to the new version of ISO 14064, we’re looking at part 2 – GHG projects (you...
Graham HarrisNov 19, 20192 minWhat’s new in ISO 14064-1:2018? Updates to version 2 of the GHG standard for inventories.The international standard for GHG inventories – ISO 14064-1 – was updated almost one year ago, in December 2018. With the end of the...
Graham HarrisOct 18, 20192 minWhen is zero not zero? Or, why you need to understand 'net zero'.While working on a municipal GHG inventory recently, I got into an illuminating discussion with my client about the meaning of the term...
Graham HarrisSep 4, 20192 minWhat is the global carbon budget?We are all familiar with the concept of a budget when it comes to our household finances or government spending. A nice, simple...
Graham HarrisJul 30, 20192 minYes, even in Alberta, an electric car makes good environmental sense.Everyone knows that Alberta has a “dirty” electricity grid. So, in our province, an electric car can’t actually make good environmental...
Graham HarrisJul 3, 20192 minWhat’s new in ISO 14064-3:2019? Updates to version 2 of the GHG validation & verification standard.At the end of June, I had the pleasure of teaching the CSA’s ISO 14064-3 course on ‘Greenhouse Gas Validation and Verification” to a...
Graham HarrisJun 11, 20193 minHas my improved attic insulation actually reduced my carbon footprint?You may be thinking about upgrading the energy efficiency of your building – your home or office, for example – to be more comfortable,...
Graham HarrisMay 10, 20191 minWhat's our carbon footprint?It's important to Firefly that we "walk the talk". In fact, it's one of our core values. This means we strive to be the change that we...
Graham HarrisApr 16, 20192 minWhat is a "Global Warming Potential"? Part 2 of 2.In my last blog post, I introduced the concept of Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) and how they are used to equate releases of different...
Graham HarrisMar 26, 20192 minWhat is a "Global Warming Potential"? Part 1 of 2.There are many different greenhouse gases (for a primer on what a greenhouse gas is, see my earlier post), some of which last longer in...
Graham HarrisMar 1, 20192 minThe world's most efficient light.Fireflies are an amazing insect. There are thousands of species of them - none of which are actually flies (they are beetles) and none...
Graham HarrisJan 28, 20193 minWhat is a greenhouse gas? Or, why climate change and bread have more in common than you think.I don’t like to make assumptions. While climate change has received a lot of media attention over the last couple of decades, I still...