2008 - Alberta Offset System - 3rd Cycle Protocol Development

As part of the Alberta Government commitment to an adaptive management approach to the Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Framework, the Alberta Protocol Development Process was modified in late Fall 2007 to encourage industry and other interested stakeholders to share in development costs by bringing forward new protocols for the Alberta Offset System.

A second round of technical review was held on May 20, 2008, at a Stakeholder Workshop held in Edmonton, Alberta. Click here for the presentations and record of discussion captured at the workshop. Over 60 experts in offsets and project development were in attendance.

As part of the commitment to coordinating a transparent and open review process, the following links provide lists of technical review teams for the first round of review, minutes of technical discussions and recommendations and finally a Stakeholder Review Document, for discussion and preparation at the May 20^th workshop.

The following Offset Quantification Protocols were reviewed during this session.  Please refer to the Draft Protocol Documentation Section for more information.

• Solar Thermal
• Industrial and Commercial Green Building Projects
• Waste Non-incineration
• Adjusted Baseline Approach for the Composting Protocol

The proposed approach for an adjusted baseline coefficient for revision of the current, approved Composting Protocol was also reviewed at this workshop. The Composting protocol was approved by the Alberta Government in September 2007 as part of the first cycle of Offset System protocols. Since then, the composting community has commissioned technical work to support revising the protocol with an adjusted baseline approach.