Tony BautistaCUIP

Chancellor Climate Action InternChancellor’s Council on Climate

Change

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“An official campus-approved plan or roadmap that PROPOSES a suite of activities designed to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from campus operations by SPECIFIC dates.  It provides a comprehensive assessment of emissions-REDUCTION projects.  A living, flexible document that can be adjusted in light of new challenges, opportunities or scientific understanding.”

- Daniel Press

Provides an GHG’s inventory Areas that looked at

Campus Energy consumptionCampus air travelMobile sourcesOther sources

ProvidesRecommendations

Findings-In 2007 UCSC Greenhouse Gas Inventory was 79,296 Metric tons of CO2.

1990 levels – 54,846 Metric tons of CO2

http://www.energyrace.com/commentary/what_does_a_ton_of_co2_look_like/

1990 2000 2007

Stationary/Indirect sources

21,125 28,064 39,733

Mobile non-fleet

26,847 27,161 26,300

Mobile fleet 1,000 1,419 2,273

Air Travel 5,847 7,801 11,420

Totals 54,846 64,445 79,726

Reduce GHG emissions to 2000 level by 2014, 1990 level by 2020 By 2050 reduce 80% below 1990 levels, Achieve carbon neutrality ASAP

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14,851 metric tons by 2014

Almost 25,000 metric tons by 2020

These numbers are not growth adjusted

1. Aggressively Implement Energy Efficiency Projects across Campus

2. Setup of a task force to explore a replacement of an alternative energy cogeneration plant 

3. Implement Solar Photovoltaic Projects on Campus. 

4. Fund a Climate Change Budget raised by placing a modest fee on all air travel reimbursements. 

5. Adopt A Policy on Growth-Related GHG Emission 

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6. Adopt a GHG Offsets Policy 7. Implement a Carbon Tracking System

8. Support new teaching- and research-oriented demonstration projects

9. Enhance the Campus Sustainability Office to improve Campus-Wide Coordination.

10. Continue Supporting the Chancellor’s Council on Climate Change

http://www.goldschmidt2008.org/sustainability

Read the Climate Action Plan at steps.ucsc.edu if you don’t have that much time make sure to read the next steps and recommendations file.

Suggest comments and recommendations by sending an email to Climate@ucsc.edu

Send an email to the administration about what you are most excited about and support.

Hold the University accountable for the commitments we have made.

Measure 28 Measure 38 2006 Student voted to buy REC’s to offset the energy consumption of UCSC campus

100% renewable energy campus

But are we? What does it represent?

Purchase REC’s for .0016 cents per REC 2007 purchased 57 million RECs at a cost of $91,200

Actual cost can range anywhere from $50-

$100 per CO2 metric ton when we pay only $36 per CO2 metric ton

How is this possible?

http://www.sterlingplanet.com/

• Reduces campus emissions• Students physical are able to see where their money goes.

• Students have a say on how their money is spent.

• 100% of the existing fee collected can go to projects

• Internalizing our responsibility and taking direct action with our carbon footprint

• No fee increase• Helps us reach our commitments (ACUPCC, etc.)

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