University of Wisconsin-Madison

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Resilience Commitment
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2048
  • 100% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2030 relative to 2007
  • 100% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2048 relative to 2007
Change in Emissions from 2007 to 2024:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -39%
  • Scope 3: 30%
  • Gross emissions: -28%
  • Net emissions: -28%
Description of Institution Goals:

Net-Zero Emissions by 2048

Our goal of 2048 coincides with the university’s 200th anniversary while also aligning with recommendations from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as the City of Madison’s 2050 goal and the Wisconsin Clean Energy Plan. UW–Madison has also set an interim target of 100% renewable electricity by 2030–an ambitious yet critical step on the path to net-zero emissions.

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Graph Type
Totals
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Gross MTCDE 947,281.07 945,927.81 807,439.17 757,679.60 738,840.11 683,798.94 631,150.71 679,541.73 625,790.57 614,624.06 574,601.95 701,146.06 741,303.37 671,904.44 630,639.10 652,248.60 641,187.69 682,766.90
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Biogenic (MT CO2) 1.23 4.99 10.85 9.07 5.94 29.36 32.16 37.90 19.77 36.47 47.24 23.35 4.86 2.57 1.80 2.00 2.05 0.72
Net MTCDE 947,281.07 945,927.81 807,439.17 757,679.60 738,840.11 683,798.94 631,150.71 679,541.73 625,790.57 614,624.06 574,601.95 701,146.06 741,303.37 671,904.44 630,639.10 652,248.60 641,187.69 682,766.90
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 472,988.88 497,416.48 414,002.18 375,216.74 354,988.76 270,119.08 248,467.68 273,246.50 258,115.42 232,084.24 228,830.04 242,197.71 260,045.10 258,243.16 251,916.08 257,044.53 238,222.50 224,608.46
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 328,981.46 338,112.73 282,700.37 259,385.11 281,467.89 270,686.84 257,412.21 261,627.76 254,601.37 257,105.72 246,231.58 248,807.63 262,750.08 240,937.33 225,167.01 223,158.14 210,066.20 268,549.13
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 145,310.73 110,398.60 110,736.62 123,077.75 102,383.46 142,993.02 125,270.82 144,667.47 113,073.78 125,434.10 99,540.33 210,140.72 218,508.19 172,723.95 153,556.01 172,045.93 192,898.99 189,609.31
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 452,770.50 478,362.14 394,660.78 354,086.69 336,907.78 255,188.58 233,566.54 257,642.94 240,265.93 215,431.25 211,712.87 221,140.64 234,261.25 224,370.78 222,133.41 221,923.91 207,940.60 199,560.15
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 3,893.40 3,941.62 3,892.28 3,633.65 3,749.19 3,678.00 3,678.06 3,764.49 3,570.93 3,430.23 3,364.57 3,304.25 4,010.53 3,520.74 3,284.51 3,631.90 3,750.72 3,713.26
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 15,787.72 14,604.82 14,933.28 16,931.77 13,839.14 10,745.52 10,719.92 11,298.80 13,740.31 12,677.01 13,203.74 17,200.76 21,070.08 29,852.89 25,892.66 30,878.17 25,953.55 20,769.82
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 537.26 507.90 515.84 564.63 492.65 506.98 503.16 540.27 538.25 545.75 548.86 552.06 703.24 498.75 605.50 610.55 577.63 565.23
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 328,981.46 338,112.73 282,700.37 259,385.11 281,467.89 270,686.84 257,412.21 261,627.76 254,601.37 257,105.72 246,231.58 248,807.63 262,750.08 240,937.33 225,167.01 223,158.14 210,066.20 268,549.13
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 2,474.86 2,073.43 2,370.08 2,282.74 2,276.93 2,118.47 2,126.87 1,692.88 1,491.87 2,179.51 2,329.10 2,295.72
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 17,250.95 15,475.43 18,294.00 17,282.64 17,252.10 17,027.12 18,635.46 12,244.10 12,356.21 17,289.03 18,327.99 18,889.34
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 6,661.65 7,276.63 7,910.49 5,386.74 4,319.99 6,938.04 7,041.71 5,305.05 7,729.44 7,641.66 10,017.95 9,658.63
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 60,387.25 61,737.54 37,668.25 2,268.60 28,367.52 48,544.34 44,613.94
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 1,152.19 1,169.31 1,169.10 218.83 788.58 1,144.50 1,271.45
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 9,369.76 11,284.36 11,471.87 3,500.42 69.05 7,078.97 10,980.79 13,163.63
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 4,648.63 3,778.22 4,021.03 3,449.07 2,214.43 2,953.00 3,028.19 3,351.13
Wastewater (MTCDE) 1,613.95 1,568.83 1,462.13 1,388.92 981.04 1,654.20 1,456.30 1,292.44
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 2,043.69 1,424.58 817.90 557.03 261.44 205.16 213.82 121.29
FERA (MTCDE) 68,710.61 76,710.22 79,818.97 80,356.62 82,419.97 81,563.57 94,054.14 103,215.55 97,037.18 87,006.82 85,504.95 89,259.41 94,329.77 90,612.93 89,303.83 89,620.46 83,837.29 80,519.70
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 32,536.63 33,688.38 30,917.65 17,895.64 19,963.49 32,854.88 31,216.68 16,499.80 16,036.60 14,578.26 14,035.38 15,202.25 15,694.60 15,136.20 11,968.23 14,267.84 13,018.72 14,432.04
Food (MTCDE) 24,693.04
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 379,979,496.75014 393,430,285.14054 385,442,633.98182 387,285,171.60189 409,665,834.5403 422,598,766.40538 408,750,573.68656 406,025,599.16909 408,951,327.34804 410,744,629.03361 411,776,825.23178 402,700,122.09339 392,561,915.65298 382,370,956.42561 373,333,524.80641 382,792,099.50817 401,839,079.38181 397,744,885.76384
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 2,904,000 36,880,000 40,416,000 56,391,000 71,165,000 68,454,000 69,317,000 69,392,000 70,199,000 72,168,000 64,425,000 39,375,000 41,729,000 40,636,000 41,997,040 34,222,130 40,793,550
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e, Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified
Solar Retained (kWh) -85,000 -87,000 -88,000 17,584.262319681 34,875.4536007 41,323.01645125 67,992.480969432 88,800.524714388 105,798.64495675 113,397.97698923 118,808.06836292
Solar Verification Green-e Green-e Green-e
Large commercial green power rates ("green tariffs") Purchased (kWh) 1,733,270 19,043,020 19,163,970 18,856,780
Large commercial green power rates ("green tariffs") Verification Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified