UW-Eau Claire Carbon Emissions Inventory, Spring 2008 Dr. Kristina Beuning (Biology) and the Carbon...

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UW

-Eau

Cla

ire

Car

bo

n E

mis

sio

ns

Inve

nto

ry,

Sp

rin

g 2

008

Dr.

Kri

stin

a B

eun

ing

(B

iolo

gy)

an

d t

he

Car

bo

n N

eutr

al T

eam

(A

nn

a B

aker

, A

shle

y C

lou

gh

, R

ob

yn F

enn

ig,

Co

rey

Hil

ber

, C

aleb

Jo

hn

son

, S

arah

Pet

erso

n,

Ru

ssel

l R

ieh

bra

nd

t, A

lex

Van

g,

Isaa

c B

oro

fka-

Web

b,

and

Jo

hn

Wra

sse)

Ele

ctri

city

an

d C

oo

ling

El

ectri

city

is th

e un

ivers

ity’s

larg

est c

ontri

buto

r to

eCO

2 em

issio

ns. E

lect

ricity

pow

ers

unive

rsity

coo

ling

elem

ents

an

d ot

her n

eces

sary

ele

ctric

al it

ems.

Kilo

watt

hour

(kW

h)

cons

umpt

ion

from

bot

h th

e 20

05 a

nd 2

006

fisca

l yea

rs

were

obt

aine

d, in

put i

nto

the

Clea

n-Ai

r-Coo

l Pla

net

Cam

pus

Carb

on C

alcu

lato

r (CA

CPCC

C) a

nd a

vera

ged.

D

ata

incl

uded

: ele

ctric

ity

cons

umed

by

all u

nive

rsity

‐own

ed fa

cilitie

s.

Dat

a om

itted

: ele

ctric

ity c

onsu

med

by

stre

etlig

hts

on

publ

ic st

reet

s ru

nnin

g th

roug

h th

e un

ivers

ity.

Ele

ctri

city

an

d C

oo

ling

El

ectri

city

is th

e un

ivers

ity’s

larg

est c

ontri

buto

r to

eCO

2 em

issio

ns. E

lect

ricity

pow

ers

unive

rsity

coo

ling

elem

ents

an

d ot

her n

eces

sary

ele

ctric

al it

ems.

Kilo

watt

hour

(kW

h)

cons

umpt

ion

from

bot

h th

e 20

05 a

nd 2

006

fisca

l yea

rs

were

obt

aine

d, in

put i

nto

the

Clea

n-Ai

r-Coo

l Pla

net

Cam

pus

Carb

on C

alcu

lato

r (CA

CPCC

C) a

nd a

vera

ged.

D

ata

incl

uded

: ele

ctric

ity

cons

umed

by

all u

nive

rsity

‐own

ed fa

cilitie

s.

Dat

a om

itted

: ele

ctric

ity c

onsu

med

by

stre

etlig

hts

on

publ

ic st

reet

s ru

nnin

g th

roug

h th

e un

ivers

ity.

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n

Tran

spor

tatio

n da

ta fo

cuse

d on

the

hum

an a

spec

t of

unive

rsity

‐rela

ted

trans

porta

tion.

D

ata

was

sep

arat

ed in

to th

e ar

eas

of: u

nive

rsity

‐own

ed

vehi

cles,

com

mut

ing

, uni

vers

ity‐c

ontra

cted

veh

icles

, un

ivers

ity‐re

late

d tra

vel b

y pe

rson

al v

ehicl

e an

d ai

rpla

ne.

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n

Tran

spor

tatio

n da

ta fo

cuse

d on

the

hum

an a

spec

t of

unive

rsity

‐rela

ted

trans

porta

tion.

D

ata

was

sep

arat

ed in

to th

e ar

eas

of: u

nive

rsity

‐own

ed

vehi

cles,

com

mut

ing

, uni

vers

ity‐c

ontra

cted

veh

icles

, un

ivers

ity‐re

late

d tra

vel b

y pe

rson

al v

ehicl

e an

d ai

rpla

ne.

Com

mut

er O

ffset

–Tr

ansi

t Agr

eem

ent

Th

is of

fset

s re

pres

ents

the

carb

on e

miss

ions

that

wer

e sa

ved

by s

tude

nt, f

acul

ty

and

staf

f use

of t

he P

ublic

Tra

nsit

Syst

em ra

ther

than

indi

vidua

lly d

rivin

g pe

rson

al

vehi

cles

to c

omm

ute.

To

find

this

diffe

renc

e, a

cam

pus‐

wide

sur

vey

was

impl

emen

ted

to d

eter

min

e th

e fre

quen

cy w

ith w

hich

com

mut

ers

used

diff

eren

t for

ms

of tr

ansp

orta

tion

to a

nd fr

om c

ampu

s.

Com

mut

er O

ffset

–Tr

ansi

t Agr

eem

ent

Th

is of

fset

s re

pres

ents

the

carb

on e

miss

ions

that

wer

e sa

ved

by s

tude

nt, f

acul

ty

and

staf

f use

of t

he P

ublic

Tra

nsit

Syst

em ra

ther

than

indi

vidua

lly d

rivin

g pe

rson

al

vehi

cles

to c

omm

ute.

To

find

this

diffe

renc

e, a

cam

pus‐

wide

sur

vey

was

impl

emen

ted

to d

eter

min

e th

e fre

quen

cy w

ith w

hich

com

mut

ers

used

diff

eren

t for

ms

of tr

ansp

orta

tion

to a

nd fr

om c

ampu

s.

Was

te to

Ene

rgy

Offs

et

The

Was

te‐to

‐Ene

rgy

prog

ram

of V

eolia

Env

ironm

enta

l Ser

vices

(VES

) tha

t ut

ilizes

met

hane

(CH 4)

reco

very

in s

olid

was

te tr

eatm

ent t

o ge

nera

te e

nerg

y. C

O2

emiss

ions

gen

erat

ed fr

om W

aste

-to-E

nerg

y di

spos

al o

f ton

s of

sol

id w

aste

are

co

mpa

red

with

pot

entia

l CO

2 e

miss

ions

that

wou

ld h

ave

been

pro

duce

d wi

thou

t us

ing

VES’

CH 4 r

ecov

ery

prog

ram

. To

calcu

late

the

entir

e CO

2 em

issio

ns v

alue

ge

nera

ted

by u

nive

rsity

sol

id w

aste

disp

osal

, CO

2 em

issio

ns g

ener

ated

thro

ugh

the

use

of C

H 4 rec

over

y ar

e su

btra

cted

from

the

valu

e of

pot

entia

l CO

2 em

issio

ns

gene

rate

d fro

m la

ndfill

disp

osal

of s

olid

was

te.

Was

te to

Ene

rgy

Offs

et

The

Was

te‐to

‐Ene

rgy

prog

ram

of V

eolia

Env

ironm

enta

l Ser

vices

(VES

) tha

t ut

ilizes

met

hane

(CH 4)

reco

very

in s

olid

was

te tr

eatm

ent t

o ge

nera

te e

nerg

y. C

O2

emiss

ions

gen

erat

ed fr

om W

aste

-to-E

nerg

y di

spos

al o

f ton

s of

sol

id w

aste

are

co

mpa

red

with

pot

entia

l CO

2 e

miss

ions

that

wou

ld h

ave

been

pro

duce

d wi

thou

t us

ing

VES’

CH 4 r

ecov

ery

prog

ram

. To

calcu

late

the

entir

e CO

2 em

issio

ns v

alue

ge

nera

ted

by u

nive

rsity

sol

id w

aste

disp

osal

, CO

2 em

issio

ns g

ener

ated

thro

ugh

the

use

of C

H 4 rec

over

y ar

e su

btra

cted

from

the

valu

e of

pot

entia

l CO

2 em

issio

ns

gene

rate

d fro

m la

ndfill

disp

osal

of s

olid

was

te.

Eff

ects

if

1/ 3

an

d ½

“C

lean

Co

mm

ute

Ab

stra

ct

In s

prin

g 20

08, t

en U

W-E

au C

laire

stu

dent

s fo

rmed

the

class

IDIS

35

2 to

con

duct

an

inve

ntor

y of

cur

rent

car

bon

diox

ide

(CO

2) em

issio

ns o

f the

UW

-Eau

Cla

ire c

ampu

s un

der t

he d

irect

ion

of D

r. Kr

istin

a Be

unin

g. T

his

class

and

pro

ject

qua

ntifie

d th

e eq

uiva

lent

ca

rbon

em

issio

ns (e

CO2)

gene

rate

d ov

er o

ne a

cade

mic

year

at U

W-

Eau

Clai

re fr

om th

e em

issio

ns c

ateg

orie

s of

ele

ctric

ity a

nd c

oolin

g,

heat

ing,

tran

spor

tatio

n, a

nd w

aste

and

che

mica

ls.

Th

e co

mbi

ned

tota

l of t

hese

em

issio

ns c

ateg

orie

s co

mpr

ise th

e an

nual

UW

-Eau

Cla

ire c

arbo

n fo

otpr

int,

which

initia

lly e

qual

ed

41,5

60 m

etric

tons

of e

CO

2 per

aca

dem

ic ye

ar b

ut w

as th

en

redu

ced

to 3

9,96

4 m

etric

tons

of e

CO

2 af

ter i

nclu

ding

thre

e pr

esen

t CO

2 offs

ets.

Th

is re

sear

ch w

as p

erfo

rmed

in re

spon

se to

requ

irem

ents

of t

he

Amer

ican

Col

lege

and

Uni

vers

ity P

resi

dent

’s C

limat

e C

omm

itmen

t (A

CUPC

C), w

hich

Cha

ncel

lor B

rian

Levin

-Sta

nkev

ich s

igne

d in

Au

gust

200

7. In

Sep

tem

ber 2

008,

the

resu

lts o

f thi

s wo

rk w

ere

rele

ased

as

a pu

blic

docu

men

t.

Hea

tin

g

Coal

, #2

fuel

oil a

nd n

atur

al g

as a

re b

urne

d th

roug

hout

th

e ye

ar to

hea

t the

thre

e bo

ilers

in th

e Un

ivers

ity H

eatin

g Pl

ant (

UHP)

. The

se b

oile

rs c

onve

rt wa

ter t

o st

eam

to h

eat

all c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs a

nd s

ever

al s

urro

undi

ng fa

cilitie

s.

Dat

a in

clud

ed: a

mou

nts

of a

ll fue

ls co

nsum

ed in

the

2005

an

d 20

06 fi

scal

yea

rs w

ere

obta

ined

and

inpu

t int

o th

e CA

CPCC

C; it

was

then

redu

ced

by th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

stea

m s

old

to n

on‐u

nive

rsity

facil

ities.

D

ata

omitt

ed: C

O2 e

miss

ions

gen

erat

ed fr

om

trans

porta

tion

of p

urch

ased

coa

l are

not

inclu

ded

in o

ur

carb

on fo

otpr

int.

Veol

ia E

nviro

nmen

tal S

ervic

es (V

ES)

curre

ntly

has

a co

ntra

ct fo

r ash

from

UHP

coa

l bur

ning

and

tra

nspo

rts it

to th

eir S

even

Mile

Cre

ek la

ndfill

out

side

of

Eau

Clai

re. C

O2 e

miss

ions

gen

erat

ed fr

om th

is tra

nspo

rt ar

e no

t inc

lude

d in

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t.

Hea

tin

g

Coal

, #2

fuel

oil a

nd n

atur

al g

as a

re b

urne

d th

roug

hout

th

e ye

ar to

hea

t the

thre

e bo

ilers

in th

e Un

ivers

ity H

eatin

g Pl

ant (

UHP)

. The

se b

oile

rs c

onve

rt wa

ter t

o st

eam

to h

eat

all c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs a

nd s

ever

al s

urro

undi

ng fa

cilitie

s.

Dat

a in

clud

ed: a

mou

nts

of a

ll fue

ls co

nsum

ed in

the

2005

an

d 20

06 fi

scal

yea

rs w

ere

obta

ined

and

inpu

t int

o th

e CA

CPCC

C; it

was

then

redu

ced

by th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

stea

m s

old

to n

on‐u

nive

rsity

facil

ities.

D

ata

omitt

ed: C

O2 e

miss

ions

gen

erat

ed fr

om

trans

porta

tion

of p

urch

ased

coa

l are

not

inclu

ded

in o

ur

carb

on fo

otpr

int.

Veol

ia E

nviro

nmen

tal S

ervic

es (V

ES)

curre

ntly

has

a co

ntra

ct fo

r ash

from

UHP

coa

l bur

ning

and

tra

nspo

rts it

to th

eir S

even

Mile

Cre

ek la

ndfill

out

side

of

Eau

Clai

re. C

O2 e

miss

ions

gen

erat

ed fr

om th

is tra

nspo

rt ar

e no

t inc

lude

d in

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t.

Pres

erve

d La

nds

(Car

bon

Sequ

estr

atio

n) O

ffset

U

W-E

au C

laire

and

the

UW-E

au C

laire

Fou

ndat

ion

own

seve

ral p

arce

ls of

pr

eser

ved

land

s wh

ose

phot

osyn

thet

ic pr

oper

ties

act a

s a

“car

bon

sink.

” Res

earc

h of

bio

me

type

, acr

eage

dat

a, a

nd n

et p

rimar

y pr

oduc

tion

(NPP

) rat

es o

f the

se

pres

erve

d la

nds

to d

eter

min

e CO

2 seq

uest

ratio

n we

re c

ondu

cted

to c

alcu

late

es

timat

es o

f car

bon

sequ

estra

tion

of C

O2 em

issio

ns g

ener

ated

by

unive

rsity

ac

tivitie

s.

Pres

erve

d La

nds

(Car

bon

Sequ

estr

atio

n) O

ffset

U

W-E

au C

laire

and

the

UW-E

au C

laire

Fou

ndat

ion

own

seve

ral p

arce

ls of

pr

eser

ved

land

s wh

ose

phot

osyn

thet

ic pr

oper

ties

act a

s a

“car

bon

sink.

” Res

earc

h of

bio

me

type

, acr

eage

dat

a, a

nd n

et p

rimar

y pr

oduc

tion

(NPP

) rat

es o

f the

se

pres

erve

d la

nds

to d

eter

min

e CO

2 seq

uest

ratio

n we

re c

ondu

cted

to c

alcu

late

es

timat

es o

f car

bon

sequ

estra

tion

of C

O2 em

issio

ns g

ener

ated

by

unive

rsity

ac

tivitie

s.

Was

te &

Ch

emic

als

To

find

the

appr

oxim

ate

valu

es o

f sol

id w

aste

ge

nera

ted,

we

obta

ined

dat

a co

nfirm

ing

the

size

of th

e du

mps

ters

that

con

tain

all s

olid

was

te c

olle

cted

from

co

mm

ercia

l bin

s on

cam

pus

and

in a

ll uni

vers

ity re

siden

ce

halls

. Afte

r con

firm

ing

the

mon

thly

frequ

ency

in w

hich

they

we

re m

aint

aine

d, w

e es

timat

ed a

tota

l of 1

5,42

7 cu

bic

yard

s of

sol

id w

aste

gen

erat

ed in

the

fisca

l yea

r of J

uly

2006

thro

ugh

June

200

7. W

e om

itted

the

CO2 e

miss

ions

ge

nera

ted

from

sol

id w

aste

tran

spor

tatio

n.

To

cal

cula

te th

e am

ount

of e

CO2 e

miss

ions

gen

erat

ed

from

the

com

posit

ion

and

disp

osal

of r

efrig

eran

ts a

nd

chem

icals

on c

ampu

s, w

e ob

tain

ed w

aste

shi

pmen

t rep

orts

fo

r the

200

5, 2

006,

and

200

7 ca

lend

ar y

ears

. Shi

pmen

t re

ports

of c

hem

icals

and

gas

spec

ies

for a

cade

mic

use

were

also

obt

aine

d an

d in

put i

nto

the

CACP

CCC

. D

ata

incl

uded

: all o

ther

che

mica

l mat

eria

l tha

t are

sh

ippe

d ou

t for

incin

erat

ion.

D

ata

omitt

ed: p

erta

inin

g to

seq

uest

ered

mat

eria

l and

all

othe

r mat

eria

l tha

t do

not p

rodu

ce G

HG e

miss

ions

.

Was

te &

Ch

emic

als

To

find

the

appr

oxim

ate

valu

es o

f sol

id w

aste

ge

nera

ted,

we

obta

ined

dat

a co

nfirm

ing

the

size

of th

e du

mps

ters

that

con

tain

all s

olid

was

te c

olle

cted

from

co

mm

ercia

l bin

s on

cam

pus

and

in a

ll uni

vers

ity re

siden

ce

halls

. Afte

r con

firm

ing

the

mon

thly

frequ

ency

in w

hich

they

we

re m

aint

aine

d, w

e es

timat

ed a

tota

l of 1

5,42

7 cu

bic

yard

s of

sol

id w

aste

gen

erat

ed in

the

fisca

l yea

r of J

uly

2006

thro

ugh

June

200

7. W

e om

itted

the

CO2 e

miss

ions

ge

nera

ted

from

sol

id w

aste

tran

spor

tatio

n.

To

cal

cula

te th

e am

ount

of e

CO2 e

miss

ions

gen

erat

ed

from

the

com

posit

ion

and

disp

osal

of r

efrig

eran

ts a

nd

chem

icals

on c

ampu

s, w

e ob

tain

ed w

aste

shi

pmen

t rep

orts

fo

r the

200

5, 2

006,

and

200

7 ca

lend

ar y

ears

. Shi

pmen

t re

ports

of c

hem

icals

and

gas

spec

ies

for a

cade

mic

use

were

also

obt

aine

d an

d in

put i

nto

the

CACP

CCC

. D

ata

incl

uded

: all o

ther

che

mica

l mat

eria

l tha

t are

sh

ippe

d ou

t for

incin

erat

ion.

D

ata

omitt

ed: p

erta

inin

g to

seq

uest

ered

mat

eria

l and

all

othe

r mat

eria

l tha

t do

not p

rodu

ce G

HG e

miss

ions

.

Lo

w Im

pac

t R

eco

mm

end

atio

ns

All a

ctio

ns o

r im

prov

emen

ts to

redu

ce >

1% o

f eCO

2 fro

m o

ur

carb

on fo

otpr

int.

B

ehav

iora

l shi

fts in

ene

rgy

use,

par

ticip

atio

n in

the

natio

n‐w

ide

univ

ersi

ty R

ecyc

leM

ania

pro

gram

, and

set

ting

long

‐term

lim

its o

n th

e us

e an

d am

ount

of a

pplia

nces

on

cam

pus

curre

ntly

defin

e UW

EC lo

w im

pact

act

ions

to re

duce

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t.

Lo

w Im

pac

t R

eco

mm

end

atio

ns

All a

ctio

ns o

r im

prov

emen

ts to

redu

ce >

1% o

f eCO

2 fro

m o

ur

carb

on fo

otpr

int.

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ehav

iora

l shi

fts in

ene

rgy

use,

par

ticip

atio

n in

the

natio

n‐w

ide

univ

ersi

ty R

ecyc

leM

ania

pro

gram

, and

set

ting

long

‐term

lim

its o

n th

e us

e an

d am

ount

of a

pplia

nces

on

cam

pus

curre

ntly

defin

e UW

EC lo

w im

pact

act

ions

to re

duce

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t.

Med

ium

Imp

act

Rec

om

men

dat

ion

sAl

l act

ions

or i

mpr

ovem

ents

to re

duce

>1%

, but

< 5

% o

f eCO

2 fro

m

our c

arbo

n fo

otpr

int.

C

hang

ing

pers

onal

com

mut

ing

habi

ts to

pro

mot

e “C

lean

Co

mm

utin

g” v

ia a

ltern

ative

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rtatio

n (i.

e. p

ublic

tra

nsit,

biki

ng, w

alkin

g, s

katin

g, e

tc.)

curre

ntly

defin

e m

ediu

m

impa

ct re

com

men

datio

ns to

redu

ce o

ur c

arbo

n fo

otpr

int.

Med

ium

Imp

act

Rec

om

men

dat

ion

sAl

l act

ions

or i

mpr

ovem

ents

to re

duce

>1%

, but

< 5

% o

f eCO

2 fro

m

our c

arbo

n fo

otpr

int.

C

hang

ing

pers

onal

com

mut

ing

habi

ts to

pro

mot

e “C

lean

Co

mm

utin

g” v

ia a

ltern

ative

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rtatio

n (i.

e. p

ublic

tra

nsit,

biki

ng, w

alkin

g, s

katin

g, e

tc.)

curre

ntly

defin

e m

ediu

m

impa

ct re

com

men

datio

ns to

redu

ce o

ur c

arbo

n fo

otpr

int.

Hig

h Im

pac

t R

eco

mm

end

atio

ns

Actio

ns o

r im

prov

emen

ts th

at re

duce

>5%

of e

CO2 f

rom

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t.

Upg

radi

ng w

indo

ws

on c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs to

Ene

rgy

Star

re

com

men

datio

ns w

ould

sig

nific

antly

redu

ce th

e am

ount

of e

nerg

y ne

eded

to h

eat a

nd c

ool c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs, w

hich

wou

ld re

duce

ca

rbon

em

issio

ns.

Upg

radi

ng S

chne

ider

Hal

l’s w

indo

ws

wou

ld re

sult

in u

p to

a

25%

redu

ctio

n of

ene

rgy

used

to h

eat a

nd c

ool S

chne

ider

Hal

l -

this

tran

slat

es to

an

annu

al re

duct

ion

of 7

2 m

etric

tons

of e

CO

2

from

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t!

In

crea

sing

ligh

t effi

cien

cy in

cam

pus

build

ings

rang

es fr

om

effic

ient

use

to u

sing

mor

e ef

ficie

nt b

ulbs

. Rep

lacin

g flo

resc

ent l

ight

bu

lbs

from

two

32‐w

att l

amps

to o

ne 2

5‐wa

tt la

mp

can

redu

ce

elec

trica

l con

sum

ptio

n by

up

to 5

0%.

If al

l of t

he d

orm

room

s in

the

Hor

an H

all d

orm

sw

itche

d to

one

25-

wat

t lam

p, 4

met

ric to

ns o

f eC

O2

wou

ld b

e re

duce

d fr

om o

ur c

arbo

n fo

otpr

int!

Fu

ture

impr

ovem

ents

inclu

de c

onst

ruct

ion

of a

new

hea

ting

plan

t tha

t use

s al

tern

ative

fuel

s, a

gas

turb

ine,

intro

ducin

g ge

othe

rmal

tech

nolo

gy, a

nd L

EED

certi

ficat

ion

of n

ew c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs. A

n ev

entu

al p

urch

ase

of c

arbo

n cr

edits

to o

ffset

irr

educ

ible

car

bon

emiss

ions

may

be

feas

ible

if a

ll oth

er

reco

mm

ende

d im

prov

emen

ts h

ave

been

impl

emen

ted.

Hig

h Im

pac

t R

eco

mm

end

atio

ns

Actio

ns o

r im

prov

emen

ts th

at re

duce

>5%

of e

CO2 f

rom

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t.

Upg

radi

ng w

indo

ws

on c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs to

Ene

rgy

Star

re

com

men

datio

ns w

ould

sig

nific

antly

redu

ce th

e am

ount

of e

nerg

y ne

eded

to h

eat a

nd c

ool c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs, w

hich

wou

ld re

duce

ca

rbon

em

issio

ns.

Upg

radi

ng S

chne

ider

Hal

l’s w

indo

ws

wou

ld re

sult

in u

p to

a

25%

redu

ctio

n of

ene

rgy

used

to h

eat a

nd c

ool S

chne

ider

Hal

l -

this

tran

slat

es to

an

annu

al re

duct

ion

of 7

2 m

etric

tons

of e

CO

2

from

our

car

bon

foot

prin

t!

In

crea

sing

ligh

t effi

cien

cy in

cam

pus

build

ings

rang

es fr

om

effic

ient

use

to u

sing

mor

e ef

ficie

nt b

ulbs

. Rep

lacin

g flo

resc

ent l

ight

bu

lbs

from

two

32‐w

att l

amps

to o

ne 2

5‐wa

tt la

mp

can

redu

ce

elec

trica

l con

sum

ptio

n by

up

to 5

0%.

If al

l of t

he d

orm

room

s in

the

Hor

an H

all d

orm

sw

itche

d to

one

25-

wat

t lam

p, 4

met

ric to

ns o

f eC

O2

wou

ld b

e re

duce

d fr

om o

ur c

arbo

n fo

otpr

int!

Fu

ture

impr

ovem

ents

inclu

de c

onst

ruct

ion

of a

new

hea

ting

plan

t tha

t use

s al

tern

ative

fuel

s, a

gas

turb

ine,

intro

ducin

g ge

othe

rmal

tech

nolo

gy, a

nd L

EED

certi

ficat

ion

of n

ew c

ampu

s bu

ildin

gs. A

n ev

entu

al p

urch

ase

of c

arbo

n cr

edits

to o

ffset

irr

educ

ible

car

bon

emiss

ions

may

be

feas

ible

if a

ll oth

er

reco

mm

ende

d im

prov

emen

ts h

ave

been

impl

emen

ted.

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e C

arb

on

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tral

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m (

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