Portland Community College

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2040
  • 20% reduction of Business Travel Carbon by 2026 relative to 2006 
  • 25% reduction of Direct Transportation Carbon by 2026 relative to 2006 
  • 10% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2026 relative to 2006 
  • 75% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2026 relative to 2006
  • 60% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2030 relative to 2006
  • 100% reduction of Total Carbon by 2040 relative to 2006 
Change in Emissions from 2006 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -60%
  • Scope 3: -11%
  • Gross emissions: -35%
  • Net emissions: -35%
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Totals
2006 2008 2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Gross MTCDE 46,529.00 43,433.00 44,439.00 44,838.00 43,875.00 38,365.00 63,529.00 64,067.30 54,791.00 59,814.00 52,512.00 13,090.00 34,746.50 36,538.40 36,205.70 30,092.10
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
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
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -10.00 0.00 -13.00 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 15.00 1.00 40.00 42.00 20.00 9.00 8.00 19.60 11.70 18.00
Net MTCDE 46,529.00 43,433.00 44,439.00 44,838.00 43,875.00 38,365.00 63,529.00 64,067.30 54,791.00 59,814.00 52,512.00 13,090.00 34,746.50 36,538.40 36,205.70 30,092.10
2006 2008 2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 12,191.00 12,815.00 9,571.00 6,435.00 5,966.00 2,466.00 5,243.00 6,029.00 5,887.00 6,566.00 5,327.00 4,637.00 6,593.00 6,789.90 5,969.10 5,012.20
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 10,761.00 11,134.00 11,179.00 11,509.00 11,120.00 11,050.00 10,881.00 9,232.00 6,243.00 10,761.00 4,168.00 7,692.00 7,650.00 6,020.50 5,734.10 4,120.40
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 23,577.00 19,484.00 23,689.00 26,894.00 26,789.00 24,849.00 47,405.00 48,806.30 42,661.00 42,487.00 43,017.00 761.00 20,503.50 23,728.00 24,502.50 20,959.50
2006 2008 2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 11,078.00 11,663.00 9,244.00 5,576.00 5,514.00 1,974.00 4,774.00 5,523.00 5,295.00 5,496.00 4,902.00 4,477.00 6,338.00 6,190.40 5,366.00 4,434.20
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 605.00 605.00 320.00 214.00 310.00 198.00 175.00 206.00 586.00 689.00 416.00 151.00 232.00 385.70 205.10 167.70
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 508.00 547.00 7.00 645.00 142.00 294.00 294.00 300.00 6.00 381.00 9.00 9.00 23.00 213.80 398.00 410.30
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 10,761.00 11,134.00 11,179.00 11,509.00 11,120.00 11,050.00 10,881.00 9,232.00 6,243.00 10,761.00 4,168.00 7,692.00 7,650.00 6,020.50 5,734.10 4,120.40
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 577.10 1,608.10 1,381.70 1,512.90
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 752.40 1,543.60 1,512.90 1,318.70
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 21,470.00 17,351.00 22,380.00 24,508.00 24,877.00 23,118.00 23,118.00 21,318.00 21,318.00 20,398.00 20,556.00 8,555.00 8,042.30 8,006.90 6,873.90
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 697.00 1,445.00 844.00 1,963.00 1,429.00 1,293.00 1,125.00 709.70 1,203.20 1,310.80 832.40 149.60 485.10 249.10 249.10
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 702.60 208.80 206.20 134.60 31.00 61.40 104.90 130.50 132.40
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 745.00 688.00 465.00 423.00 483.00 438.00 431.00 441.00 441.00 418.00 762.00 2.00 315.00 375.00 361.10 454.00
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 11.80
Other Purchases / Services (MTCDE) 22,059.00 25,635.00 19,088.00 19,489.00 20,556.00 621.00 9,773.00 11,305.00 12,605.40 10,145.30
FERA (MTCDE) 19.00
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 665.00 672.00 402.00 665.00 176.00 107.00 320.00 245.00
Food (MTCDE) 243.10 273.20
2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 27,479,247 29,389,132 28,395,237 28,216,485 30,115,494 29,186,273 29,540,192 28,825,973 25,270,478 21,818,292 26,483,453.07 30,723,816.67 30,252,375.03 3,235,631
Purchased Thermal Energy(MMBtu) 208,895 104,993 103,839 37,067 89,592 102,449 98,395.88 96,019.76 92,177.84 8,437.6 119,355.52 116,612.8 101,124.2 83,564.2
Power purchase agreement Purchased(kWh) 473,957 626,386 752,162 532,978.40 610,463.20 617,529.92 585,288.96 537,412.50 561,630.10
Solar Retained(kWh) 25,200 564,467 714,857.67 762,591.03 736,837
Solar Verification Not verified Not verified Green-e, Other Green-e Green-e Green-e
Power purchase agreement Verification Not verified Not verified Green-e Not verified Not verified Not verified Green-e
Utility green pricing Purchased(kWh) 691,011 6,141,519 22,750,518.00 22,117,153.59 15,416,265.13 3,944,131 3,944,123
Utility green pricing Verification Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e
Wind Retained(kWh) 475,000 1,906,776 1,906,776 1,271,184
Wind Verification Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e
Community solar Purchased(kWh) 612,521.4 1,829,075 275,965.74 4,148,738
Community solar Verification Green-e Green-e Not verified Not verified
Solar Sold(kWh) 210,128 195,723 204,477
Large commercial green power rates ("green tariffs") Purchased(kWh) 12,591,591 10,891,248 10,000,008
Large commercial green power rates ("green tariffs") Verification Green-e Not verified Not verified
Community choice aggregation Verification Green-e