WireIE Offers IT Carbon Offsets

By David Hamilton, theWHIR.com

September 12, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunication solutions provider WireIE Holdings International (www.wireie.com) has partnered with carbon offset provider Carbonzero (www.carbonzero.ca) to help Canadian IT firms reduce carbon emissions by monitoring and selling carbon offsets.

According to Friday announcement by WireIE, which provides carbon-reduction education and solutions to the communications industry, will be partnering with Toronto-based Carbonzero to allow corporations to buy carbon offsets to neutralize unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions.

Investment in Carbonzero offsets contribute to projects that reduce carbon emissions, according to the company. These projects either replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources such as wind or solar, or otherwise reduce fossil fuel emissions altogether. (more…)

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