Colorado College

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2020
  • 100% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2020 relative to 2008
  • 100% reduction of Scope 1 Carbon by 2020 relative to 2008
  • 100% reduction of Total Carbon by 2020 relative to 2008 
  • 100% reduction of Scope 2 Carbon by 2025 relative to 2008
  • 26% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2025 relative to 2008 
  • 100% reduction of Scope 3 Carbon by 2030 relative to 2008
Change in Emissions from 2008 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -65%
  • Scope 3: 81%
  • Gross emissions: -21%
  • Net emissions: -36%
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Totals
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Gross MTCDE 37,681.99 35,574.06 34,994.92 33,944.24 31,346.42 27,197.79 27,225.26 31,307.23 25,283.25 27,399.85 26,345.70 29,499.30 17,252.09 16,362.41 17,465.62 25,882.04 25,597.59 29,906.00
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -2,052.00 -9,000.00 -7,956.24 -16,858.00 -17,465.62 -23,685.29 -25,601.16 -5,660.45
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -82.47 -82.47 -82.47 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) 18.31 19.64 19.94 16.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net MTCDE 37,681.99 35,574.06 34,994.92 33,944.24 31,346.42 27,197.79 27,225.26 31,307.23 25,283.25 27,399.85 24,293.70 20,416.83 9,213.38 -578.06 0.00 2,196.75 -3.57 24,245.55
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 10,542.52 8,961.75 9,552.97 8,732.33 8,116.61 6,773.77 7,022.37 6,483.79 6,188.60 5,553.25 6,581.16 7,523.78 6,746.39 11,042.06 7,276.93 7,850.49 7,225.66 7,537.52
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 15,692.47 13,257.04 13,316.63 13,297.93 12,252.55 11,022.34 10,666.60 11,571.37 9,079.50 9,206.01 8,477.91 8,615.41 1,315.79 0.00 28.11 0.00 0.00 1,643.71
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 11,447.00 13,355.27 12,125.32 11,913.98 10,977.26 9,401.68 9,536.29 13,252.07 10,015.15 12,640.59 11,286.63 13,360.11 9,189.91 5,320.35 10,160.58 18,031.55 18,371.93 20,724.77
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Co-gen Electricity (MTCDE) 144.92 2.55
Co-gen Steam (MTCDE) 38.01
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 10,158.23 8,583.69 9,187.89 8,454.83 7,815.79 6,445.02 6,656.63 6,025.03 5,740.22 5,219.04 6,008.32 6,580.04 6,012.31 8,495.80 6,969.42 7,530.38 6,656.26 6,956.13
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 368.48 365.20 350.35 263.06 291.51 317.51 355.34 447.62 438.41 334.21 326.71 469.98 262.21 176.96 273.93 269.12 312.71 267.54
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 52.35 463.16 463.16 2,360.84 23.99 42.55 251.71 312.28
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 15.81 12.86 14.73 14.44 9.31 11.24 10.40 11.14 9.97 10.85 8.05 8.71 8.46 9.59 8.44 4.98 1.57
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 15,692.47 13,257.04 13,316.63 13,297.93 12,252.55 11,022.34 10,666.60 11,571.37 9,079.50 9,206.01 8,477.91 8,615.41 1,315.79 28.11 1,643.71
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 87.49 85.78 85.60 85.67 84.94 84.27 85.01 84.55 84.45 72.17 10.97 122.67 122.67 75.75 192.79 60.18 154.34 986.58
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 374.18 371.17 370.28 370.47 367.39 364.58 367.79 365.81 365.50 331.17 117.35 287.38 287.38 1,164.21 453.80 399.16 646.01 853.52
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 453.64 5,458.69 4,268.57 4,693.18 4,419.43 4,019.49 4,027.41 4,794.52 4,342.83 4,506.01 3,528.66 5,232.09 3,503.95 689.70 3,409.55 5,860.27 5,290.81 5,613.54
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 1,093.42 1,730.02 1,314.87 1,123.95 1,338.00 1,015.05 1,280.45 1,635.76 2,049.97 3,184.52 1,519.68 2,961.02 330.66 63.65 1,137.88 1,527.57 1,469.06 1,688.86
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 2,599.17 2,456.16 2,546.44 2,770.14 2,756.27 2,564.01 2,574.00 2,250.52 2,258.11 1,406.24 2,536.51 1,383.71 1,645.54 115.54 2,150.83 2,579.87 3,020.25 3,503.87
Student Travel to / from Home (MTCDE) 2,248.60 2,621.53 2,382.25 2,382.25 2,370.65 2,003.73 3,697.54 4,262.11 4,379.28
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 5,169.81 1,749.98 2,393.08 1,780.66 1,154.08 499.90 445.84 400.09 400.09 360.04 337.28 337.28 337.28 337.28 122.16 219.82 230.58 269.96
Wastewater (MTCDE) 91.16 85.30 83.14 74.48 69.25 67.36 70.32 73.43 60.97 60.68 58.43 59.68 44.60 31.94 52.13 55.88 50.02 58.53
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 20.97 39.65 33.60 35.26 35.47 34.61 69.31 52.18 52.18 64.52 58.74 60.78 36.13 15.40 38.48 42.91 42.00 23.63
FERA (MTCDE) 3,035.29 2,684.94 2,802.06
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 1,557.16 1,378.52 1,029.74 980.17 752.43 752.41 616.16 582.29 401.05 406.64 497.48 533.25 499.45 456.23 599.23 553.06 521.81 544.94
Food (MTCDE) 3,012.92
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 18,131,625 16,770,219 16,229,873 15,448,532 14,815,074 14,814,592 15,433,410 14,532,462 14,407,405 14,618,418 16,497,487 16,745,360 15,973,881 13,802,746 19,746,124 19,930,630 18,804,408 19,637,988
Community solar Purchased (kWh) 60,000 819,708 819,708 60,000 60,000 1,541,000 1,992,000 3,325 1,022 994
Community solar Verification Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other
Solar Retained (kWh) 85,828 85,828 766,188 581,485 549,644 889,337
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 2,886,000 2,886,000 16,454,711
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Green-e Green-e Green-e
Utility green pricing Purchased (kWh) 13,712,313 13,802,750 19,694,292 19,930,630,000 15,968,094,000
Utility green pricing Verification Not verified Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e