Ecointegral and the University of Córdoba together to give scientific answers in the field of CO₂ Management

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Friday, 14 January 2011

UCO and Ecointegral sign a partnership agreement to address scientific and technical environmental consulting projects, especially in relation to CO₂.

Ecointegral is aware of the importance of CO₂ emissions today. Therefore, the Research and Management ecointegral CO₂ is to show the market as an aid to research, calculate, reduce and offset CO₂ emissions report.

Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG)-also referred to as CO₂ or CO₂ equivalent (CO₂eq.) - is work to be done at all levels of society: private, community, business and institutional.

One aspect to consider in this context are the sinks of CO₂. A sink is defined as any system or process that is extracted from a gas or gas atmosphere and stored for a certain time. The vegetation act as sinks for major life function: photosynthesis. Through this process, the plants absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere, which is transformed and incorporated into their structures, forming what we call biomass.

Understanding the role of carbon sinks or sinks of CO₂ - as part of a strategy to combat climate change the basis of accurate responses must be grounded in research. In order to work coherently to give real answers and effective ecointegral works in collaboration with the Research Group of Agronomy, Crop Legumes and Cereals (AGR-140), University of Córdoba (http://www.uco.es / research / groups / cultivosherbaceos /), directed by Professor Luis Lopez Bellido. This group has been working for years on carbon sequestration and reduction of CO₂ emissions from agriculture, forestry and other such special surfaces such as sports (golf courses). The group has pioneered work in terms of CO₂ sequestration capacity by sinks in the Mediterranean ecosystems. It also maintains close collaboration with the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, associated with the Ohio State University (Columbus, USA), considered one of the most prestigious worldwide.

Ecointegral, now also in collaboration with the University of Córdoba, addresses a wide range of work in this area:

• Scientific studies of CO₂ sinks.
• Studies on emissions, CO₂ capture and sequestration in agriculture, forestry, golf courses, among others.
• Studies footprint of farms herbaceous and woody crops.
• Studies footprint of golf and other sports surfaces.
• Projects voluntary commitments to reduce emissions.
• Carbon Footprint Calculation of events (congresses, symposia, meetings, etc).
• Customised plans to reduce CO₂ emissions.
• Environmental consulting for companies subject to the regime of Emission Trading.
• Calculating the carbon footprint of food products, industrial.
• Collection of stamps proving the calculated carbon footprint.