Carbon Sequestration

CASC Engineering and Consulting has worked hard to practice what we preach by limiting our carbon footprint. Below is a tool that can be used to view the physical differences between when the building was first purchased by CASC in 2012 and after landscaping improvements were completed in 2018.

In 2012, the CASC Engineering Corporate office pictured below was purchased. On the property, was an existing 21 trees. Over the years, CASC has planted and additional 32 trees as a means of sequestering carbon as well as increasing the aesthetic appeal of the property. To calculate how much carbon is removed from the atmosphere by each tree each year, all fifty-three located on the property were identified by species type and given an identification number. 

• Each species of tree has a variety of characteristics that can increase or decrease the tree's ability to remove carbon from the air. This is dependent of the growth characteristics of the species and the density of the wood.

After the tree was identified, the diameter at breast height (DBH), the azimuth in relation to the center of the office, and distance to the nearest wall was measured and inputted into the CUFR Tree Carbon Calculator provided by the United States Forest Service. 

This process was repeated for all trees planted on CASC property. All individual tree sequestration data was inputted into a spreadsheet and added to calculate the total amount of carbon removed at the CASC corporate office per year. 

By planting a variety of drought tolerant trees such as the Desert Museum palo verde and the California native California Sycamore, it is estimated that the 53 trees will sequester approximately 1400 pounds of Carbon in 2020, and over 27 tons of carbon by year 2035.