The George Washington University

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Climate Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2030
  • 40% reduction of Total Carbon by 2025 relative to 2008 
  • 100% reduction of Total Carbon by 2030 relative to 2008 
Change in Emissions from 2008 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -63%
  • Scope 3: 59%
  • Gross emissions: -41%
  • Net emissions: -41%
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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 128,300.90 124,667.08 125,908.29 137,685.26 139,656.91 116,938.72 142,255.61 148,432.33 92,781.03 99,840.57 107,156.78 99,705.44 81,992.29 49,491.28 67,878.77 90,749.18 95,524.93 75,412.94
Offsets (MTCDE) -118.00 -234.70 -1,597.49 -2,083.99 -1,501.12 -1,010.38 -2,579.06 -17,576.65 -45.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 -3.25 -194.51 -142.37 -118.46 -107.62 -104.59 -104.33 -93.61 -72.30 -67.50 -93.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 -43.20 -43.20 0.00 -43.20 -43.20 -43.20 -43.00 -43.00 -94.10 -94.10 -94.10 -94.10 -94.10 -94.10 -94.10
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.00 0.95 25.43 25.10 24.78 24.45 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 128,182.90 124,429.13 124,116.29 135,458.90 138,037.33 115,820.72 139,571.96 130,751.35 92,642.22 99,768.27 107,089.28 99,612.03 81,992.29 49,491.28 67,878.77 90,749.18 95,524.93 75,412.94
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 30,083.70 28,179.00 27,859.28 29,369.08 26,818.03 22,423.74 24,369.98 23,408.23 24,619.77 34,311.67 36,564.01 38,412.41 36,447.23 31,571.19 34,771.17 32,310.36 30,726.24 26,231.34
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 74,980.00 70,936.00 67,388.00 73,392.61 73,022.24 64,198.00 73,104.68 79,910.73 22,512.31 20,057.11 25,377.51 15,238.08 11,143.29 9,720.96 10,389.88 14,267.36 15,490.15 12,343.77
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 23,237.20 25,552.08 30,661.00 34,923.57 39,816.64 30,316.99 44,780.95 45,113.36 45,648.94 45,471.79 45,215.26 46,054.95 34,401.77 8,199.13 22,717.72 44,171.46 49,308.54 36,837.83
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Co-gen Electricity (MTCDE) 14,463.82 7,561.43 14,727.41 14,645.78 6,008.23 8,150.85 3,869.27 2,978.55 6,535.24
Co-gen Steam (MTCDE) 2,715.24 9,001.07 5,763.56 6,278.09 6,594.93 8,610.36 2,871.54 3,454.35 2,709.40
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 27,492.00 25,576.00 26,003.00 27,431.49 24,904.51 20,539.00 23,235.22 21,933.09 21,900.97 14,904.35 17,898.74 16,312.30 14,334.58 16,037.28 16,143.39 23,970.23 23,153.08 15,447.92
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 1,300.00 1,689.00 1,328.00 1,352.55 1,345.04 1,337.00 668.56 441.76 763.06 412.77 358.11 369.99 265.72 220.77 321.63 326.27 314.20 237.61
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 1,283.70 905.68 521.11 548.56 544.44 540.39 451.36 1,017.24 1,948.40 1,810.30 1,739.47 1,225.39 917.46 2,708.10 1,535.01 1,270.90 824.40 1,298.71
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 8.00 8.32 7.17 36.47 24.04 7.35 14.83 16.14 7.35 5.19 5.19 13.76 5.60 1.88 9.93 2.15 1.66 2.46
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 74,980.00 70,936.00 67,388.00 73,392.61 73,022.24 64,198.00 73,104.68 79,567.73 22,249.75 19,763.54 25,211.36 15,130.84 11,057.72 9,720.96 10,389.88 14,267.36 15,490.15 12,343.77
Purchased Steam / Chilled Water (MTCDE) 343.00 262.56 293.57 166.15 107.24 85.57
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 1,097.78 1,115.84 1,994.96 1,626.46 844.84 742.92 726.58 684.21 779.19
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 5,045.81 5,105.23 5,585.05 4,016.05 1,862.20 2,329.24 2,206.96 2,201.00 1,619.19
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 3,994.50 4,933.43 4,945.48 6,183.59 6,209.95 4,773.75 6,210.93 9,929.62 9,488.40 5,038.67 5,251.85 5,622.15 3,815.35 1,696.02 7,017.49 6,421.41 6,141.20 6,460.54
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 12,749.00 12,788.00 18,410.00 10,367.99 13,280.26 17,784.00 16,657.40 14,965.30 13,950.80 15,212.32 15,696.50 14,020.58 11,854.53 886.42 4,843.49 12,546.00 16,007.02
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 221.00 265.00 312.00 2,700.39 3,109.92 413.50 4,094.77 4,251.65 4,185.20 3,945.30 3,671.12 3,852.93 3,049.62 502.95 2,225.60 1,308.23 1,535.10 1,581.18
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 8,204.55 9,829.73 9,979.90 8,422.80 10,908.80 11,608.91 10,271.07 12,601.64 7,662.14 86.60 2,770.43 5,601.13 6,687.49 7,746.95
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 564.00 479.00 273.62 131.71 301.56 346.97 1,532.77 1,580.71
Wastewater (MTCDE) 117.00 108.00 97.00 102.07 97.91 113.10 110.55 107.06 96.06 123.57 116.07 103.51 115.59 302.34 425.85 392.24 453.58 424.18
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 716.00 612.00 358.00 410.72 462.56 370.90 494.03 417.71 370.58 424.73 329.74 193.93 190.52 15.71 122.23 109.76 111.44 89.55
Other Purchases / Services (MTCDE) 4,875.70 6,366.65 6,538.52 6,954.27 6,826.31 6,861.74 7,233.37 7,019.22 6,649.10 4,658.81
FERA (MTCDE) 12,444.63 11,957.58 9,971.26
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 2,974.70 3,657.84 2,080.20 1,797.89 1,870.34 1,938.91 2,067.55 1,997.15 1,926.27
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 133,840,074 126,622,112 129,934,137 130,491,637.26 129,833,108.26 122,333,331 129,979,692.69 141,470,957.48 147,447,595.03 121,827,299 122,573,137 117,216,116 107,251,630 104,161,106 107,979,650 124,244,842.14 123,535,780 119,151,595
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased(kWh) 2,452,500 3,628,500 2,592,180 1,568,000 4,502,870 4,348,000 20,000,000
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Green-e
Purchased Thermal Energy(MMBtu) 708.63 754.79 856.2 743.06 418.55 1,240.41 630 1,132.06
Solar Retained(kWh) 3,500 4,827 4,692.75 3,893 4,565 4,540 4,353 4,245.716 4,444.04 4,524.962 4,536.21 64,495.7 8,530.92
Power purchase agreement Purchased(kWh) 21,880,000 61,650,000 79,496,000 78,389,440 73,456,000 73,454,906 74,316,125 76,260,026 65,032,000 61,488,440 64,295,280
Power purchase agreement Verification Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified
Competitive suppliers Purchased(kWh) 11,855,533 11,161,975
Competitive suppliers Verification Not verified Not verified
Solar Sold(kWh) 110,828.28
Solar Verification Not verified