Smith College

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2030
  • 29% reduction of Total Carbon by 2015 relative to 1990
  • 19% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2015 relative to 2009 
  • 20% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2015 relative to 2009
  • 10% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2019 relative to 2004 
  • 10% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2019 relative to 2004
  • 40% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2022 relative to 2004 
  • 40% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2022 relative to 2004
  • 73% reduction of Total Carbon by 2029 relative to 1990
Change in Emissions from 2004 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -48%
  • Scope 3: -21%
  • Gross emissions: -45%
  • Net emissions: -45%
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Graph Type
Totals
2004 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Gross MTCDE 37,150.00 31,491.00 25,597.00 26,480.00 28,450.00 29,865.20 28,266.90 26,305.00 27,013.00 25,170.75 26,322.13 21,740.93 23,874.16 25,188.70 21,217.82 26,072.85 20,286.04
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
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -107.31 -110.25 -76.44 0.00 -40.57 0.00 0.00 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 325.00 -316.00 -332.00 -388.00 -2,269.00 -535.90 -416.00 -437.00 -452.00 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
Net MTCDE 37,150.00 31,491.00 25,597.00 26,480.00 28,450.00 29,865.20 28,266.90 26,305.00 27,013.00 25,063.44 26,211.88 21,664.49 23,874.16 25,148.13 21,217.82 26,072.85 20,286.04
2004 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 21,253.00 17,973.00 17,759.00 18,706.00 23,420.00 24,888.00 22,996.90 21,323.00 20,997.00 20,753.73 22,124.05 17,915.88 20,590.28 20,553.55 19,249.73 21,962.55 17,082.97
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 11,830.00 9,379.00 4,809.00 4,826.00 2,506.00 2,382.00 2,717.00 2,172.00 3,050.00 2,494.99 2,279.80 2,351.60 2,505.13 2,343.47 0.12 0.00 0.00
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 4,067.00 4,139.00 3,029.00 2,948.00 2,524.00 2,595.20 2,553.00 2,810.00 2,966.00 1,922.03 1,918.28 1,473.45 778.75 2,291.68 1,967.97 4,110.30 3,203.07
2004 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Co-gen Electricity (MTCDE) 9,024.88 6,505.06 5,105.32 4,878.34 6,032.47 5,221.09 6,823.15 2,599.19
Co-gen Steam (MTCDE) 3,114.29 6,303.00 5,569.24 7,127.49 6,554.74 6,347.11 5,807.19 6,596.12
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 20,876.00 17,622.00 17,433.00 18,407.00 22,916.00 24,508.00 22,646.70 21,064.00 20,706.00 8,371.83 9,023.53 7,051.64 8,429.08 7,779.41 7,488.89 8,867.73 7,595.12
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 285.00 266.00 274.00 247.00 327.00 304.00 232.20 210.00 193.00 208.47 208.94 179.10 155.37 180.49 186.01 154.14 210.73
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 92.00 85.00 52.00 52.00 177.00 76.00 118.00 49.00 98.00 23.68 72.94 303.71 76.73
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 10.58 10.58 10.58 6.44 6.63 6.63 5.08
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 11,830.00 9,379.00 4,809.00 4,826.00 2,506.00 2,382.00 2,717.00 2,172.00 3,050.00 2,494.99 2,279.80 2,351.60 2,505.13 2,343.47 0.12
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 604.20 293.47 168.68 158.35 153.91
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 939.92 1,257.69 1,176.15 1,140.94
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 615.00 558.00 577.00 576.00 613.00 613.40 613.00 869.00 847.00
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 3,184.00 3,322.00 2,245.00 2,177.00 1,737.00 2,004.60 1,964.00 1,964.00 2,566.00 1,789.12 1,789.12 1,341.84 31.44 626.09 535.66 2,540.27 1,662.33
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 288.01
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 268.00 259.00 207.00 195.00 174.00 -22.80 -24.00 -23.00 -447.00 4.85 6.64 2.91 6.33 5.94 235.53 245.89
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 128.06 122.52 131.61 140.20 137.86
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 7,430,086 10,432,843 10,055,271 9,814,904 9,416,837 10,031,612 10,155,986 10,801,498
Solar Sold(kWh) 524,812
Solar Retained(kWh) 31,235
Solar Verification Other
Power purchase agreement Purchased(kWh) 534,101 405,770 494,100 10,801,000 16,960,000
Power purchase agreement Verification Not verified Not verified Not verified Other Other