{"id":8223,"date":"2022-10-20T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T10:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villa-emma.eu\/compensation-co2-foot-print\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:56:54","slug":"compensation-co2-foot-print","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.villa-emma.eu\/en\/compensation-co2-foot-print\/","title":{"rendered":"compensation CO2 foot print"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Compensation in Belgium<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Visitors staying with us can choose – without obligation – to offset their CO2 footprint created by staying with us. They can do so by contributing, in proportion to their carbon footprint, to a Belgian compensation project.<\/p>\n

Villa Emma has purchased CO2 certificates from two projects in “Claire’s”<\/a> portfolio.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Based on the 2022 data, we found that our guests leave a CO2 footprint of about 20 tonnes of CO2 per year. Therefore, we decided to purchase 60 tonnes of CO2 certificates immediately. That way, we can cover about 3 years. If the 60 tonnes are approximately reached, we will purchase additional tonnage. Via the chosen projects – in Belgium – CO2 compensation will be realised via “Carbon Farming” and “methanisation” via a pocket digester on the one hand and by planting trees in the nature park at the Gentbrugse Meersen<\/a> (a few km away from Villa Emma) on the other hand (on 19 November we also helped with the planting of ash (es), hornbeam (haagbeuk), poplar (populier), birch (berk), among others).<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This is the principle of methanisation :<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The methanisation project<\/a>:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The forest planting project<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In January 2026, we purchased a new 60-tonne CO\u2082 offset package: the organic farm Agrinnis sequesters 117 tonnes of CO\u2082 per year in the soil around Oudenaarde:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The carbon footprint due to staying at Villa Emma is calculated using the tool provided by GREEN KEY: ( HCMI tool v1.2<\/a> ).<\/p>\n

The carbon footprint for mobility is calculated on the basis of data obtained from the site of CO2-emissiefactoren.nl<\/a> .<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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