Alamo Colleges District: Palo Alto College

Institutional Information
Commitments: N/A
Specific Goals:
  • 20% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2025 relative to 2009 
  • 20% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2025 relative to 2009 
  • 20% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2025 relative to 2009 
Change in Emissions from 2009 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -37%
  • Scope 3: 15%
  • Gross emissions: -4%
  • Net emissions: -4%
Graph Type
Totals
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Gross MTCDE 19,600.02 21,089.78 21,301.88 18,381.81 17,237.62 16,716.19 17,065.03 17,392.13 19,032.60 19,785.90 19,282.66 9,441.09 6,029.27 15,103.09 17,108.05 17,584.26 18,819.81
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 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 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 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 19,600.02 21,089.78 21,301.88 18,381.81 17,237.62 16,716.19 17,065.03 17,392.13 19,032.60 19,785.90 19,282.66 9,441.09 6,029.27 15,103.09 17,108.05 17,584.26 18,819.81
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 902.25 975.94 934.25 450.88 599.38 739.56 743.02 986.31 771.81 985.42 1,129.78 874.41 715.99 814.51 772.89 818.80 496.56
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 6,294.01 7,533.08 7,752.52 5,724.35 5,554.78 5,158.56 5,290.72 5,249.32 6,279.16 5,650.79 4,804.42 3,976.42 3,219.00 2,966.10 3,842.13 3,947.43 4,065.86
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 12,403.76 12,580.76 12,615.11 12,206.58 11,083.46 10,818.07 11,031.29 11,156.50 11,981.63 13,149.69 13,348.46 4,590.26 2,094.28 11,322.48 12,493.03 12,818.03 14,257.39
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 828.46 880.75 893.48 450.88 569.57 703.14 717.24 592.28 727.91 766.35 835.15 789.55 659.17 660.55 631.83 676.10 401.01
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 49.68 23.34 28.80 29.67 36.28 25.64 19.95 22.85 26.19 8.43 22.72 15.65 31.85 40.70 39.33 42.76
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 23.95 71.85 11.97 373.33 21.05 192.23 282.29 57.76 36.63 117.28 98.27 103.36 52.60
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.75 0.65 3.91 4.38 4.54 4.83 2.09 0.01 0.19
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 6,294.01 7,533.08 7,752.52 5,724.35 5,554.78 5,158.56 5,290.72 5,249.32 6,279.16 5,650.79 4,804.42 3,976.42 3,219.00 2,966.10 3,842.13 3,947.43 4,065.86
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 621.14 366.44 355.84 307.44 286.52 278.33 274.17 268.62 295.25 385.30 375.98 112.43 59.71 304.30 356.91 394.73 413.09
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 457.63 466.54 493.44 499.26 393.73 403.81 441.14 476.96 483.60 453.85 438.48 217.93 89.32 352.74 359.40 390.36 424.26
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 10,597.66 11,065.72 11,076.58 10,829.91 9,732.78 9,715.13 9,743.74 9,951.33 10,665.03 11,785.64 12,004.79 3,897.12 1,734.50 10,042.13 10,986.20 11,180.41 12,690.55
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 48.40 46.20 40.78 80.44 175.58 71.54 216.36 127.88 163.10 213.91 249.44 121.42 73.98 190.01 198.45 195.88
Solid Waste (MTCDE) -11.46 -2.51 18.14 14.20 13.69 21.64 19.60 19.82 19.32 19.79 15.90 84.16 90.18 98.42 93.98
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 67.91 58.39 56.69 56.69 56.69 56.69 56.69 40.18 32.21 1.82 2.26 1.24 16.49 38.98 48.66 70.45 59.17
FERA (MTCDE) 266.79 255.19 273.07 161.96
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 622.48 577.47 594.29 432.84 420.02 278.37 285.50 269.89 322.84 289.35 258.19 220.33 178.36 159.40 206.48 212.14 218.50
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 11,703,051 13,586,396 13,982,164 11,004,829 10,678,842 9,905,576 9,713,327 10,823,431 12,873,993 12,425,040 11,236,481 9,313,340 7,539,351 8,408,727 10,892,223 11,190,756 11,527,771