AQC assists our clients in the buying and selling of emission credits for all of California's regional emissions markets, and Cap-and-Trade market. AQCs brokerage services include Emission Reduction Credits (NOx, VOC, PM10, SOx, and CO), greenhouse gas offsets, Cap-and-Trade compliance instruments, and MSERCs.
AQC is a full service environmental brokerage and engineering firm providing support to industrial (large and small), commercial, and general clients. AQC provides compliance support on the full spectrum of environmental issues including consulting and developing emissions market strategies to mitigate risk for our CA clients.
AQC is a full service environmental brokerage and engineering firm providing support to industrial (large and small), commercial, and general clients. AQC provides compliance support on the full spectrum of environmental issues including consulting and developing emissions market strategies to mitigate risk for our CA clients.
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Air Quality Consultants was founded in 1984 by southern California business owner and operator, Ed Laird. Mr. Laird's view was to assist manufacturing businesses in permitting and compliance reporting to various local, state and federal environmental regulatory agencies. In 1966 the first regulation, Rule 66, was enforced in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD).
Ed Laird founded AQC in 1984, has over 40 years of experience in the emissions industry as a chemist, coatings manufacturer, and providing environmental services.
In addition to being the CEO of AQC since 1984, he is also the founder and CEO of Laird Coatings Corporation (formerly Coatings Resource Corporation - founded in 1976) and was a founder/CEO of two other manufacturing/spray coatings companies, all of which are highly specialized custom coatings companies serving a variety of industrial clients including those in aerospace, automotive, and television sectors.
In addition to being the CEO of AQC since 1984, he is also the founder and CEO of Laird Coatings Corporation (formerly Coatings Resource Corporation - founded in 1976) and was a founder/CEO of two other manufacturing/spray coatings companies, all of which are highly specialized custom coatings companies serving a variety of industrial clients including those in aerospace, automotive, and television sectors.
California's cap-and-trade system is a market based regulation that is aimed to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) from entities that exceed 25,000 metric tons for CO2e within any given year. Currently the cap will decline approximately 3 percent each year beginning in 2013. As a market based system, the ability to trade allowances and offsets presents several opportunities for compliance entities to manage and hedge their compliance position.
A carbon offset is a measurable avoidance, reduction, or sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) or other greenhouse gas emissions. A carbon offset is made in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere. Carbon offsets are measured in metric tons. Therefore, one carbon offset equals one metric ton of carbon dioxide reduction.
Air Quality Consultants' staff has assisted our clients in the Buying and Selling of Emission Reduction Credits in every air district in California. Additionally, AQC assists our clients in evaluating their emission assets, and determining the ERC value during closure, placement of abatement technology, and asset relocation.
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