Contents: CGI, climate protection, and our 2022 contribution
- CGI, resources, and our contribution for 2022
- Why Climate Protection Is Important to Us at Danthree Studio
- What our carbon offset contribution for 2022 documents
- What are the benefits of carbon offsetting for you as a Danthree Studio customer?
- The wind power project behind the credits
Climate protection matters in 3D visualization and CGI, too. For fiscal year 2022, we arranged for Zukunftswerk eG to retire 25 carbon credits from a wind power project in South Africa. The retirement took place on October 31, 2022, and the original records explicitly identify Danthree Studio.
This article explains the 2022 measure and what it means for our work. The phrase “climate-neutral 3D / CGI content” used at the time should not be confused with emission-free production. The documented retirement for 2022 is not a blanket claim about current services or our clients’ entire marketing activities.
CGI, resources, and our contribution for 2022
3D visualization uses hardware, software, and electricity, from digitizing materials and surfaces and 3D modeling to the final 3D visualization or 3D animation. Hardware manufacturing, travel, and meetings may also belong in the assessment. A comparison with photography needs to cover the same usable image deliverables for both methods. Our CO₂ savings calculator helps you explore scenarios based on assumptions; it does not replace a project-specific emissions assessment.
For that measure, Danthree Studio had a company-level carbon footprint calculated for 2022. The inputs were extrapolated to the full year. A company inventory, an individual client production, and a complete marketing campaign cover different scopes. We therefore describe the documented measure specifically, without treating every individual image as automatically climate-neutral.
Why Climate Protection Is Important to Us at Danthree Studio
The far-too-high levels of CO₂ emissions over the past few decades are contributing to the Earth's continued warming.
Burning fossil fuels releases CO₂, including for electricity, heating, and transportation. Earth emits absorbed energy as thermal radiation. Greenhouse gases absorb and emit some of that radiation, slowing heat loss to space.
For CGI, this means considering energy demand and other emission sources during planning. Check which product models already exist, what resolution the intended use needs, and which previews are sufficient for approvals. This helps you avoid unnecessary production steps deliberately.
Our CGI projects show how products can be presented in different settings. Existing models may be reusable for additional views or variants. Whether this reduces total emissions depends on factors such as additional computing and the transportation or travel actually avoided.
What our carbon offset contribution for 2022 documents
Carbon offsetting and reducing your own emissions are different measures. A project outside your production may contribute to emission reductions. Buying and retiring credits does not remove the emissions generated by hardware manufacturing or rendering.
A total of 25 Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) were retired for Danthree Studio on October 31, 2022. In the VCS system, one VCU represents one metric ton of CO₂ equivalent. Retirement removes the units from further trading. Zukunftswerk records the transaction under number 50996.
The credits come from the Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Maanhaarberg Wind Energy Facility, VCS project 1949. Their stated emission-reduction period is 2019 through 2020. That project period is distinct from 2022, the year for which the retirement was attributed to Danthree Studio.
What are the benefits of carbon offsetting for you as a Danthree Studio customer?
As a client, you benefit from a traceable account: you can see which measure is documented, when it took place, and which project it relates to. Claims about your own campaign’s climate impact need an assessment covering that campaign. Our company-level measure for 2022 does not replace that assessment.
For a furniture or interior project, practical questions belong in the brief: which variants genuinely need separate images? Can existing models be reused? Can smaller previews support approvals? Which shipments, samples, or on-site meetings are still needed? These questions help you compare production effort and potential savings concretely.
A fair comparison needs matching outputs and scope, such as the same number of usable product images and variants. Consider both digital production and the steps required for the alternative photo shoot. A blanket percentage without those assumptions offers little help in making a decision.
The wind power project behind the credits
In the heart of South Africa, we have found a project that is close to our hearts. The goal of this project in South Africa (Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Maanhaarberg Wind Energy Facility) is to feed electricity generated by wind power into the Republic of South Africa’s (RSA) power grid.
The project involves the construction of a new, grid-connected wind farm at a site where no wind farm was operated prior to the implementation of the measure. The wind farm consists of 67 wind turbines and associated infrastructure and is located on the Swartkoppies and Maanhaarbergen southwest of the town of De Aar in the Northern Cape Province of the RSA. Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Wind Power (RF) (Pty) Ltd is the developer of the wind farm.
The project description lists 67 wind turbines with a combined installed capacity of 100.5 MW. These figures describe the wind farm as a whole; they are not emission savings attributable to Danthree. The contribution documented here is the retirement of 25 VCUs for 2022.
Sources and records: Retirement documentation, no. 50996; Verra project 1949; Verified Carbon Standard; NASA on the greenhouse effect.
