Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Campus Sustainability at University of New England

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Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Campus
Sustainability atUniversity of New England

• Faculty Assembly
• December 17, 2008

Alethea Cariddi Sustainability Coordinator
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory

• Inventory covered 2004-2007
• Operational Boundaries included
• Heating and transportation fuels
• Fertilizer application
• Fugitive refrigerant emissions
• Purchased electricity
• Solid Waste
• Emissions not reported included
• Faculty staff commuting
• Academic and business air travel
• Reported as Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide
  Equivalent (MTCDE)

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Annual Emissions

• Just over 10,000 MTCDE in 2007
• Population increase over four years of 15

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Campus Comparisons

• Roughly equivalent breakdowns of emissions by
  source
• More than half from fossil fuels to heat buildings

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Emissions per Person

• Roughly 2.5 MTCDE per person at UNE each year
• Decrease in emissions per person due to
  population increase

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Campus Sustainability Initiatives

• LEED building College of Pharmacy
• Recycling program
• Heating fuel conversions
• Transportation initiatives
• Conference services initiatives

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UNE Recycling Program

• Single-Sort recycling on WCC campus
• Ink and Toner recycling
• Green Fund
• www.une.edu/recycle

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College of Pharmacy Building - LEED

• Water conservation
• Energy performance
• Construction waste
• Building materials
• Building finishes
• Green cleaning

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Heating fuels

• In 2006 switched to propane on UC
• In 2007 switched to natural gas on WCC
• In 2008 incorporated B20 BioHeat for remaining
  furnaces and boilers
• Will avoid 328 MTCDE this year in emissions with
  BioHeat

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Transportation

• Parking shortage
• Incoming first-year residents choice
• Bike, lock, helmet
• Zip car hours (UC)
• Taxi vouchers (WCC)
• Shuttle bus services

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Conference Services

• Conference Services hosted first green meeting
  on October 23
• Saved resources, money, labor
• Very well received!

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Presidents Climate Commitment

• Dr. Ripich signed the Presidents Climate
  Commitment on November 3, 2008
• Pledge to climate neutrality
• Action Planning for two years
• Increase efficiencies
• Decrease consumption
• Renewable energy
• Offset purchases

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Thank You!

• When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he
  finds it attached to the rest of the world.
  John Muir