Ursinus College

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2060
  • 100% reduction of Total Carbon by 2060 relative to 2010 
Change in Emissions from 1990 to 2023:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -20%
  • Scope 3: -63%
  • Gross emissions: -39%
  • Net emissions: -39%
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Totals
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023
Gross MTCDE 15,339.51 15,523.31 15,742.31 15,763.37 15,631.61 15,779.08 15,946.53 15,626.47 14,132.36 14,661.19 14,695.79 15,898.12 16,033.11 17,034.16 17,360.44 17,278.51 17,364.49 15,997.71 14,811.48 13,791.01 13,053.59 13,224.18 11,659.34 12,164.70 11,203.25 11,762.07 10,686.93 9,776.11 14,015.61 16,976.49 9,899.42 9,366.69
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 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 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 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) 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 0.51 1.12 1.12 1.23 2.37 1.13 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.75 4.06 34.02 1.55 1.23
Net MTCDE 15,339.51 15,523.31 15,742.31 15,763.37 15,631.61 15,779.08 15,946.53 15,626.47 14,132.36 14,661.19 14,695.79 15,898.12 16,033.11 17,034.16 17,360.44 17,278.51 17,364.49 15,997.71 14,811.48 13,791.01 13,053.59 13,224.18 11,659.34 12,164.70 11,203.25 11,762.07 10,686.93 9,776.11 14,015.61 16,976.49 9,899.42 9,366.69
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 6,055.26 6,109.54 6,199.57 6,094.52 5,952.89 6,046.22 5,937.88 5,906.61 5,887.26 6,198.09 6,491.18 6,493.47 6,490.77 6,678.31 6,734.36 6,765.70 6,666.92 6,092.84 5,130.46 5,244.18 4,488.54 4,717.29 3,947.63 4,508.68 4,395.31 4,921.50 4,050.56 3,322.45 6,757.78 8,769.96 4,712.86 3,990.88
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 2,609.56 2,774.00 2,930.17 3,004.96 3,085.17 3,098.81 3,177.90 3,182.33 4,058.91 3,983.12 3,633.11 4,646.07 4,667.48 5,334.53 5,472.64 5,472.64 5,774.37 5,261.37 5,184.61 4,191.00 4,709.11 4,563.75 3,843.89 3,719.26 3,645.12 3,490.93 3,235.33 3,433.26 3,288.70 3,463.22 2,612.19 2,906.19
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 6,674.69 6,639.77 6,612.57 6,663.89 6,593.55 6,634.05 6,830.75 6,537.53 4,186.19 4,479.98 4,571.50 4,758.58 4,874.86 5,021.32 5,153.44 5,040.17 4,923.20 4,643.50 4,496.41 4,355.83 3,855.94 3,943.14 3,867.82 3,936.76 3,162.82 3,349.64 3,401.04 3,020.40 3,969.13 4,743.31 2,574.37 2,469.62
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 6,000.67 6,054.88 6,144.76 6,040.09 5,898.66 5,992.07 5,883.71 5,852.51 5,833.17 6,144.14 6,437.04 6,439.62 6,418.74 6,605.62 6,662.38 6,684.64 6,343.40 5,082.94 4,431.98 4,847.68 4,317.30 4,636.87 3,889.54 4,312.22 4,352.73 4,879.13 4,008.22 3,014.25 6,381.04 8,412.56 4,602.33 3,894.24
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 54.59 54.66 54.81 54.43 54.23 54.15 54.17 54.10 54.09 53.95 54.14 53.85 72.03 72.69 71.98 81.06 79.40 82.89 69.68 65.28 68.73 57.02 57.18 47.69 42.58 42.37 42.34 45.37 114.78 96.66 32.98 20.50
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 244.12 922.40 624.19 323.92 93.58 21.70 146.47 260.70 260.70 260.70 75.85 75.85
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 4.61 4.61 7.30 8.93 1.70 0.91 2.30 2.13 1.26 0.04 1.70 0.29
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 2,609.56 2,774.00 2,930.17 3,004.96 3,085.17 3,098.81 3,177.90 3,182.33 4,058.91 3,983.12 3,633.11 4,646.07 4,667.48 5,334.53 5,472.64 5,472.64 5,774.37 5,261.37 5,184.61 4,191.00 4,709.11 4,563.75 3,843.89 3,719.26 3,645.12 3,490.93 3,235.33 3,433.26 3,288.70 3,463.22 2,612.19 2,906.19
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 261.10 251.59 230.04 264.63 294.93 282.86 239.29 222.23 295.90 189.86 212.34 246.22 255.61 249.50 276.76 245.74 257.46 253.25 204.67 214.67 246.28 253.29 243.30 233.26 214.64 211.28 210.71 202.78
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 421.58 405.76 393.43 406.01 366.45 381.62 602.39 434.20 411.72 390.60 403.43 419.49 534.69 573.63 522.96 511.06 501.56 493.80 489.47 514.45 512.97 459.80 477.53 485.57 499.66 489.64 496.97 509.32
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 63.10 58.71 64.41 66.34 66.65 70.25 66.99 66.14 67.77 68.99 68.70 71.16 73.36 79.98 78.56 81.13 79.62 78.39 81.65 85.30 85.06 101.66 114.57 77.78 77.59 73.48 70.65 70.00 65.45 66.08 105.46 100.84
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 419.69 399.41 362.35 393.01 391.59 392.31 454.82 367.91 392.51 317.69 334.80 369.13 401.57 401.52 399.74 356.36 356.22 344.71 310.72 308.08 316.37 289.42 274.65 267.10 73.97 73.19 462.28 486.18 470.77 461.19 215.43 278.28
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 32.44 31.62 29.86 32.45 32.57 32.89 39.67 32.05 35.79 28.34 31.26 34.36 39.45 39.30 38.89 36.34 36.54 35.64 32.34 34.06 35.62 33.77 33.68 33.56 33.87 32.85 32.59 32.55 32.66 32.91 31.79 29.70
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 459.18 436.98 424.94 428.74 417.48 411.24 400.65 400.19 379.63 784.34 761.46 752.85 705.83 683.35 666.70 632.29 614.61 810.28 686.24 568.84 673.15 673.92 632.17 616.19 362.33 358.48 357.20 351.65 700.39 692.31 215.61 219.25
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 2,767.68 2,767.68 2,767.68 2,767.68 2,767.68 2,767.68 2,767.68 2,767.68 276.77 276.77 276.77 276.77 276.77 276.77 413.42 418.96 422.42 404.43 408.92 388.17 -31.77 -19.92 91.07 83.70 111.80
Wastewater (MTCDE) 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.06
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 38.80 43.74 43.74 43.74 43.74 44.45 44.45 44.45 44.45 44.45 44.45 79.71 98.05 67.99 12.67 33.86 34.43 7.41 19.56 8.63 11.09 9.89
FERA (MTCDE) 1,952.94 1,974.78 2,011.17 1,968.95 1,912.18 1,949.83 1,906.07 1,893.50 1,885.78 1,990.57 2,084.53 2,085.26 2,082.12 2,145.84 2,171.32 2,172.48 2,039.12 1,658.07 1,725.07 1,783.21 1,682.64 1,789.32 1,514.63 1,696.03 1,697.37 1,894.21 1,584.03 1,199.04 2,511.44 3,296.00 1,848.75 1,563.62
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 258.09 274.35 289.80 297.19 305.13 306.48 314.30 314.74 401.43 393.93 359.32 459.50 461.62 527.59 541.25 541.25 571.09 520.36 512.76 414.49 291.06 282.08 388.09 375.50 190.64 182.57 152.10 161.40 168.79 186.12 146.19 156.18
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 4,997,736 5,312,678 5,611,771 5,754,990 5,908,613 5,934,741 6,086,213 6,094,699 7,773,491 7,628,331 6,958,005 8,898,000 8,939,000 10,216,519 10,481,006 10,481,006 11,058,877 10,894,140 10,735,190 9,702,806 10,313,117 9,994,777 9,826,056 9,507,490 9,629,044 9,221,731 9,360,115 9,932,757 10,071,893 10,931,797 8,787,411 9,703,562