American University

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Climate Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2018
  • 1% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2024 relative to 2022
  • 1% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2024 relative to 2022 
Change in Emissions from 2005 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -69%
  • Scope 3: 131%
  • Gross emissions: -27%
  • Net emissions: -106%
Graph Type
Totals
2,005 2,006 2,007 2,008 2,009 2,010 2,011 2,012 2,013 2,014 2,015 2,016 2,017 2,018 2,019 2,020 2,021 2,022 2,023 2,024 2,025
Gross MTCDE 43,630.05 55,760.99 51,195.90 50,177.47 44,946.59 38,447.18 26,315.67 25,684.09 27,096.49 25,474.08 25,970.76 23,771.84 22,985.46 22,986.84 24,574.69 25,526.50 11,020.93 19,464.55 28,617.43 30,580.24 32,041.29
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -4,500.00 -4,500.00 0.00 -219.30 -7,000.00 -27,500.00 -28,223.00 -25,777.00 -14,398.00 -19,800.00 -31,250.00 -34,500.00 -34,500.00
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -41.58 -257.88 -358.68 -396.48 -332.64 -70.85 -26.17 -41.16 -63.95 -67.16 -45.32 -54.16 -34.54 -33.69 -64.56 -79.27
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
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.49 7.88 3.12 0.00 0.00 12.87 80.31 60.85 57.53 53.21 56.91 70.12 33.25 24.28 94.23 67.95 50.45 25.55
Net MTCDE 43,630.05 55,760.99 51,195.90 50,177.47 44,946.59 38,405.60 26,057.79 25,325.41 22,200.01 20,641.44 25,899.91 23,526.37 15,944.30 -4,577.11 -3,715.47 -295.82 -3,431.23 -369.99 -2,666.26 -3,984.32 -2,537.98
2,005 2,006 2,007 2,008 2,009 2,010 2,011 2,012 2,013 2,014 2,015 2,016 2,017 2,018 2,019 2,020 2,021 2,022 2,023 2,024 2,025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 6,960.27 7,721.48 7,803.04 7,951.21 9,145.34 8,168.42 8,168.00 6,733.36 7,923.74 7,194.65 7,877.78 8,200.00 7,921.02 9,093.35 9,310.83 8,297.54 9,323.53 11,213.38 11,143.80 11,316.10 10,536.91
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 27,362.88 29,302.87 25,456.20 24,304.54 18,226.53 11,822.79 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
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 9,306.90 18,736.64 17,936.66 17,921.72 17,574.72 18,455.97 18,147.67 18,950.73 19,172.75 18,279.43 18,092.98 15,571.84 15,064.44 13,893.49 15,263.86 17,228.96 1,697.40 8,251.17 17,473.63 19,264.14 21,504.38
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Co-gen Electricity (MTCDE) 178.22 1,663.52 2,268.65 2,292.92 2,285.76 2,127.95
Co-gen Steam (MTCDE) 178.32 1,664.42 2,269.88 2,297.16 2,263.23 2,155.72
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 6,960.27 6,967.60 6,891.68 7,165.10 7,829.27 7,317.18 6,955.75 5,795.60 6,847.08 5,930.86 6,904.44 6,708.27 6,884.96 7,964.21 7,622.30 6,127.06 4,706.88 5,300.18 4,150.12 5,118.41 4,773.23
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 654.60 750.66 714.38 697.78 665.03 655.65 680.77 684.45 673.90 677.47 631.28 595.33 756.46 745.97 562.83 280.40 594.36 734.99 771.11 611.18
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 96.11 157.53 63.45 609.88 178.97 551.48 256.26 391.72 588.56 294.84 859.15 438.74 228.50 839.82 1,132.49 844.47 616.73 1,536.61 750.85 750.85
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 3.17 3.17 8.28 8.41 7.24 5.12 0.73 0.49 1.33 1.03 1.30 1.99 144.18 102.74 118.62 163.84 163.58 132.00 126.74 117.98
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 27,362.88 29,302.87 25,456.20 24,304.54 18,226.53 11,822.79 0.00 0.00
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 806.88 804.28 795.28 807.30 977.03 821.00 824.27 759.39 888.34 831.19 826.05 847.66 544.86 321.25 448.46 325.67 46.76 333.09 492.22 542.80 660.72
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 2,669.53 2,740.11 2,726.27 2,657.64 2,671.50 3,580.68 3,508.90 3,292.74 3,324.81 3,087.66 2,925.53 2,609.23 1,825.15 991.17 1,650.17 989.00 159.11 679.27 1,200.01 1,099.19 1,432.36
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 2,455.51 2,436.79 2,357.03 2,303.93 2,301.63 3,177.19 2,240.83 3,572.05 2,655.05 3,411.90 3,289.61 1,970.63 1,741.38 1,413.67 1,777.40 1,295.01 18.00 1,028.81 2,286.65 1,200.46 1,701.57
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 2,553.51 2,470.97 1,965.87 2,652.52 1,993.91 2,379.31 2,520.83 3,149.26 2,927.99 2,989.65 2,499.69 3,825.32 3,647.78 4,072.37 4,594.80 145.66 1,274.51 7,650.18 8,077.13 7,587.89
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 5.26 5.68 3.97 4.82 122.18 41.15 31.02 134.49 106.76 145.79 184.24
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 6,611.73 6,440.33 7,065.57 6,067.70 6,574.98 6,846.51 5,595.43 5,894.16 5,782.02 5,882.40 5,484.61 5,080.76 5,364.12 5,077.64 8,059.15 61.63 3,220.76 4,074.75 6,325.61 4,852.19
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 377.75 374.28 356.57 356.92 366.30 327.16 155.70 300.39 647.39 578.61 639.38 784.07 699.46 816.36 824.62 699.64 184.13 614.42 659.18 816.97 694.02
Wastewater (MTCDE) 193.73 206.99 179.40 222.03 216.74 157.89 183.17 275.98 208.03 213.96 295.07 187.65 205.71 203.49 181.84
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 179.26 206.10 169.08 257.26 265.56 463.27 430.45 637.70 504.96 332.74 332.74 332.74 272.25 126.39 86.35 148.86 17.10 71.05 18.32 62.89 52.76
FERA (MTCDE) 3,583.44
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 2,817.97 3,009.84 2,621.13 2,507.23 2,272.48 1,517.78 1,567.97 2,065.21 1,924.12 1,099.61 986.91 880.50 892.09 936.77 996.64 861.72 738.92 707.12 779.85 789.81 573.35
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 54,636,650 58,356,677 54,882,694 52,497,778.9 53,202,416 53,785,927.33 55,564,592 52,295,226 48,722,357.75 55,546,402.41 49,822,590.56 54,168,099 54,884,567 54,924,048.78 57,627,226.67 51,063,156 43,786,206 41,901,993.49 48,238,393 48,854,327 47,929,999
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 2,166,770 2,166,770 2,166,770 2,166,770 11,000,000 27,890,500 55,564,590 52,295,230 48,722,360 55,546,400 55,000,000 54,689,330 56,520,000 32,000,000 33,570,910 26,087,770 12,449,600 15,798,452 26,726,851 28,009,000 26,106,000
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Green-e Not verified Not verified Not verified, Other Not verified, Other Not verified, Other Not verified, Other Not verified, Other Not verified
Community solar Purchased (kWh) 27,443,000 32,480 31,193 18,435 139
Community solar Verification Not verified Other Other Other Other Other
Power purchase agreement Purchased (kWh) 25,452,400 25,541,240 32,217,500 26,423,000 22,532,000 21,305,204 22,277,730
Power purchase agreement Verification Not verified Other Not verified, Other Other Other Other Other