Furman University  

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2040
  • 50% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2020 relative to 2007 
  • 50% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2030 relative to 2007
  • 60% reduction of Total Carbon by 2030 relative to 2007 
Change in Emissions from 2007 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -34%
  • Scope 3: 63%
  • Gross emissions: -12%
  • Net emissions: -13%
Description of Institution Goals:

Our 2040 carbon neutral goal and interim reduction targets are inclusive of Scope 1, Scope 2, and these Scope 3 categories: student, faculty, and staff commuting, institution-funded air travel, waste and wastewater. We began tracking food purchases in 2022 and additional purchased goods and services in 2023. As methodologies are refined and the data become more comprehensive and accurate, we will set additional reduction targets for specific Scope 3 categories.

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Graph Type
Totals
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Gross MTCDE 25,459.52 27,507.89 24,664.42 23,807.77 23,391.85 21,979.33 21,286.68 22,030.91 20,875.75 19,015.57 21,652.07 21,483.16 18,205.89 14,964.83 13,812.95 16,781.28 17,520.94 18,735.32 22,350.37
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -24.00 -71.00 -96.68 -74.70 -86.12 -141.54 -337.69 -370.40 -549.11 -255.26 -251.51 -404.14 -21.99
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 -6.25 -5.24 -4.46 -11.55 -11.16 -12.60 -8.88 -9.61 -13.20 -15.17 -16.80 -0.87 -65.86 -78.50 -80.79 -80.85 -70.86
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -732.00 -732.00 -538.00 0.00 -538.00 -538.00 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 0.00
Net MTCDE 25,459.52 27,507.89 24,658.17 23,802.53 23,387.39 21,967.78 21,251.52 21,947.31 20,770.19 18,931.26 21,552.75 21,326.45 17,851.40 14,593.56 13,197.98 16,447.52 17,188.64 18,250.33 22,257.52
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 4,914.34 4,705.82 5,837.70 5,697.83 5,156.26 4,616.17 4,982.21 5,330.97 5,360.76 4,333.96 4,454.70 5,110.01 5,404.76 4,238.46 4,410.57 4,386.45 4,891.60 5,126.60 5,833.60
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 14,794.70 16,423.48 13,893.34 13,711.46 13,541.56 11,703.05 11,009.00 11,688.82 10,539.90 10,230.73 10,149.52 9,829.79 8,717.33 7,196.16 7,087.56 7,455.55 7,138.85 7,428.24 7,118.03
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 5,750.48 6,378.59 4,933.38 4,398.48 4,694.03 5,660.11 5,295.47 5,011.12 4,975.09 4,450.88 7,047.85 6,543.36 4,083.80 3,530.21 2,314.82 4,939.28 5,490.49 6,180.48 9,398.74
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 4,104.80 4,128.51 5,036.50 5,119.52 4,613.87 4,257.62 4,578.01 5,015.49 5,048.86 3,978.46 3,846.07 4,426.45 4,562.99 3,764.97 3,860.97 3,979.13 4,151.87 4,409.06 4,359.28
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 382.61 291.09 377.33 284.56 286.12 236.99 219.31 283.83 291.40 310.25 390.08 263.17 273.12 459.63 248.66 255.46 236.48 282.54 248.88
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 387.43 239.50 380.00 263.45 215.55 78.01 145.48 189.42 391.99 548.12 284.13 130.87 484.12 409.38 1,199.75
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 39.50 46.72 43.87 30.30 40.72 43.55 39.41 31.65 20.50 45.25 29.13 28.40 20.53 13.86 16.81 20.99 19.13 25.62 25.69
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 14,794.70 16,423.48 13,893.34 13,711.46 13,541.56 11,703.05 11,009.00 11,688.82 10,539.90 10,230.73 10,149.52 9,829.79 8,717.33 7,196.16 7,087.56 7,455.55 7,138.85 7,428.24 7,118.03
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 510.08 503.92 504.54 610.37 594.61 591.66 608.88 280.65 313.02 255.55 374.83 296.01 298.45 211.38 205.17 195.97 241.74 225.91 219.10
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 1,239.72 694.88 694.61 1,147.42 1,114.21 1,068.28 1,129.80 1,054.42 1,022.65
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 128.76 127.22 181.76 99.08 165.30 179.89 184.79 159.98 270.27 161.90 98.19 212.79 212.71 256.53 265.29 223.88 115.60 108.17 104.88
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 1,638.47 1,704.52 1,001.51 745.17 963.46 964.16 1,105.49 1,291.82 1,392.16 1,292.38 1,490.00 1,203.16 1,203.95 858.38 48.14 696.68 1,079.47 1,096.33 947.37
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 168.87 202.65 234.38 258.84 262.90 262.99 287.06 672.81 302.45 284.90 502.15 516.53 384.20 270.13 39.89 379.34 166.31 318.24 274.00
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 1,617.17 1,985.84 1,311.43 1,667.00 1,666.23 2,142.44 1,708.22 1,757.73 1,821.09 1,746.78 2,088.80 2,235.02 192.54 83.44 76.58 182.04 204.65 2,275.39
Solid Waste (MTCDE) -45.90 -39.68 -39.68 -39.68 -36.51 101.78 75.73 86.63 137.13 74.20 376.33 408.54 184.68 149.58 121.17 124.28 109.68 542.52 2,332.97
Wastewater (MTCDE) 116.27 116.27 87.58 90.51 130.94 127.02 128.51 111.85 105.15 107.26 355.41 436.08 398.70 107.18 107.91 100.29 350.96 395.21 105.47
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 153.55 153.55 277.79 119.71 110.13 108.61 90.83 41.38 85.42 49.39 51.17 62.77 66.10 46.09 37.26 46.37 34.98 32.83 28.53
FERA (MTCDE) 1,610.35 1,680.38 1,803.00 1,789.46
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 1,463.21 1,624.30 1,374.07 847.48 836.97 1,181.56 1,105.96 608.27 548.40 478.52 471.25 477.58 447.86 400.08 375.78 417.26 399.53 399.20 298.92
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 30,896,470 33,660,238 34,214,366 32,459,129.45 32,369,741 30,990,500.05 30,394,934.97 31,681,690 30,809,466.28 30,707,164.2 31,716,672.98 29,389,051 29,604,870 25,482,835 24,570,809 27,603,950 28,041,264 28,608,735 26,278,425
Solar Retained(kWh) 138,820.6 120,565 1,127,680.5 259,247
Solar Verification Not verified