Welcome to Global Warming Initiatives

The mission of Global Warming Initiatives, INC is to assist businesses in turning energy efficiency and environmental performance into a corporate asset while reducing global warming. GWI also aims to educate members of the community with the hope that they will carry these initiatives throughout their lives .

Chief Executive Director - James Haven has over 25 years of experience as an electrical engineer. He was the Climate Wise administrator for North Carolina from the program's inception in 1994 until its end in 2002.

Director of Research and Development - James DeRosa, currently a master's student in the Department of Economics at North Carolina State University, brings together both economics and computer science backgrounds to put GWI on the frontline of greenhouse gas emissions quantification.

Objective of GWI

•  Encourage the immediate reduction of GHG emissions in the industrial sector through a comprehensive set of cost-effective actions.

•  Facilitate communication between business leaders and environmentalists by promoting cost saving environmentally friendly technologies.

•  Foster innovation by allowing participants to identify the actions that make the most sense for their organizations.

• Raise awareness of global warming as a pressing issue by educating the public through seminars, PR campaigns, newsletters, and school system outreach for grades K-12.Raise awareness of global warming as a pressing issue by educating the public through seminars, PR campaigns, newsletters, and school system outreach for grades K-12.

•  Change the way organization's view and manage environmental performance by demonstrating the economic and productivity gains associated with “lean and clean” manufacturing.

•  Track energy/environment related legislation on both the state and national level and become a source of information for both legislators and members of the community.

•  Annually report the result of business's actions to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and DOE through the VRGG Program.