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  • The Bozzuto Group Commits Headquarters to 100 Percent Wind Power

    By 3Degrees | April 25, 2012
    3Degrees In The News
     

    GREENBELT, MD — April 25, 2012— The Bozzuto Group, a a Washington, D.C. area based real estate services organization, today announced that it has committed to matching 100 percent of the electricity used at its corporate headquarters with renewable energy from U.S. wind projects.

    This commitment to green power will be achieved through the purchase of Green-e Energy® Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from 3Degrees, a renewable energy certificate and carbon offset provider to wholesale and retail customers. The RECs ensure that for every megawatt hour of electricity used at Bozzuto’s headquarters, a wind power project will deliver one megawatt hour of renewable energy to the power grid.

    Tags: Green Building Services, Partner Press Release, RECs, Sustainable Businesses, Wind Energy
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  • 3Degrees Receives 2011 CCBJ Business Achievement Award

    By 3Degrees | February 6, 2012
    Press Release
     

    Climate Change Business Journal Recognizes Firms for Growth and Innovation

    SAN FRANCISCO, February 6, 2012—Climate Change Business Journal® (CCBJ), a business research publication which provides high value strategic business intelligence to the climate change industry, has honored 31 companies for their contributions to mitigating climate change in 2011.

    3Degrees is pleased to announce that it was chosen to receive the CCBJ award for Project Merit: Renewable Energy Development.

    “CCBJ recognized a number of innovative projects and companies that broke new ground in 2011 in renewable energy marketing, wind, energy storage, carbon capture & storage, and adaptation,” said Grant Ferrier, president of Environmental Business International Inc. (EBI, San Diego), publisher of Climate Change Business Journal.

    3Degrees was recognized for providing developers of wind, solar, and other renewable energy projects with additional revenue through the purchase and marketing of renewable energy certificates (RECs).

    Tags: 3Degrees Corporate, Environmental Markets, Green Power and Carbon Balancing Services, Green Power Programs, Industry Leadership, RECs, Utilities and LSEs, Utility Partnership Services
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  • Sprint Leads Wireless Industry in Green Power, Securing No. 13 on EPA Fortune 500® Green Power Partner List

    By 3Degrees | February 1, 2012
    Press Release
     

    Only wireless carrier named to National Top 50

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan. January 31, 2012 - Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced today that the company has moved up from No. 20 to No. 13 on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) Fortune® 500 Green Power Partner list, and to No. 26 on the National Top 50 list highlighting the largest green power purchasers. Sprint is the only wireless carrier to appear on the National Top 50 list...

    Sprint’s latest renewable energy initiative was the purchase of a strategic portfolio of renewable energy certificates (RECs) from renewable energy provider, 3Degrees. A renewable energy certificate represents the environmental attributes that are created when electricity is generated using renewable sources such as wind or solar.

    Tags: 3Degrees Corporate, Electricity, EPA Green Power Partnership Program, Green Power and Carbon Balancing Services, Partner Press Release, RECs, Sustainable Businesses
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  • 3Degrees Secures 2011 Renewable Energy Certificate Market Triple Crown

    By 3Degrees | December 20, 2011
    Press Release
     

    Earns Top REC Market Rankings from Environmental Finance and Energy Risk, and Receives Fifth-straight U.S. DOE Non-Utility Green Power Supplier of the Year Award

    SAN FRANCISCO, December 20, 2011—3Degrees announced today that it has secured the 2011 Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Market “Triple Crown,” after having received the three most important honors awarded in 2011 to renewable energy sales, trading, and marketing firms.

    On December 14, 2011, Environmental Finance named 3Degrees Best Trading Firm, Renewable Energy Certificates, North America in its 12th annual market survey. In early December, Energy Risk announced that it had ranked 3Degrees the top U.S. Renewable Energy Certificates Dealer in its 2011 environmental markets survey. In addition, at the Renewable Energy Markets Conference in November, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded 3Degrees its Green Power Leadership Award for Non-Utility Green Power Supplier of the Year.

    “Since its founding, 3Degrees has dedicated itself to becoming the nation’s leading renewable energy certificate sales, trading, and marketing firm,” said Dan Kalafatas, CEO of 3Degrees. “Winning these three awards simultaneously is unique in our industry, confirming that our efforts are bearing fruit and that we are succeeding in helping our partners utilize renewable energy markets to build value for their stakeholders and society at large.”

    Tags: 3Degrees Corporate, Environmental Market Services, Environmental Markets, Green Power and Carbon Balancing Services, Green Power Programs, Industry Leadership, RECs, Utilities and LSEs, Utility Partnership Services
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