University of Maryland College Park  

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2025
  • 100% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2020 relative to 2005
  • 50% reduction of Total Carbon by 2020 relative to 2005 
  • 100% reduction of Total Carbon by 2025 relative to 2005 
  • 100% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2035 relative to 2005
Change in Emissions from 2005 to 2024:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -48%
  • Scope 3: -53%
  • Gross emissions: -50%
  • Net emissions: -62%
Description of Institution Goals:

The University of Maryland, College Park is committed to carbon neutrality by 2025. UMD is also committed to transitioning away from direct fossil fuel use in the central heat and power plant and in the campus vehicle fleet by 2035.

See this page for more info on goals and progress.
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Graph Type
Totals
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Gross MTCDE 329,670.33 319,142.91 300,857.63 291,315.58 257,800.24 234,061.27 268,589.15 258,585.05 262,738.82 245,837.33 236,347.54 237,930.80 215,742.94 215,318.47 195,527.37 144,033.69 167,609.94 179,725.52 183,374.50 165,486.64
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 -47,847.00 -60,926.00 -59,781.00 -21,772.00 -20,557.68 -31,924.14 -38,258.00 -39,220.10
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -652.85 -827.94 -835.40 -1,256.78 -1,025.13 -885.40 -780.26 -402.32 -646.36 -586.89 -329.75 -403.79 -645.36 -452.20 -404.20
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -6,629.84 -5,662.71 -10,257.80 -11,848.26 -10,465.07 -4,491.80 -5,626.17 -3,197.83 -2,588.98 -6,200.94 -6,715.61 -6,715.61 -9,291.00 115.56
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.00 0.00 8.51 62.61 196.69 231.66 284.76 273.23 110.00 207.79 163.81 152.24 122.96 114.74 108.21 65.26 77.00 72.91 67.56 32.45
Net MTCDE 329,670.33 319,142.91 300,857.63 291,315.58 257,800.24 233,408.42 267,761.21 257,749.65 261,482.04 244,812.20 235,462.14 237,150.54 167,493.62 153,746.11 135,159.48 121,931.94 146,648.47 147,156.02 144,664.30 125,862.34
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 146,438.39 149,249.89 148,503.76 144,570.81 140,518.29 136,980.84 136,017.50 136,068.78 144,984.85 146,526.86 142,670.02 144,745.51 123,662.54 129,145.87 112,767.18 110,311.42 133,135.38 129,723.95 121,705.22 109,071.33
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 64,231.24 55,584.74 48,380.19 52,701.26 39,374.88 16,196.11 49,019.65 40,282.87 34,245.43 19,581.55 9,767.17 4,552.56 8,802.28 7,210.66 1,388.41 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.11
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 119,000.70 114,308.28 103,973.68 94,043.51 77,907.07 80,884.32 83,552.00 82,233.40 83,508.54 79,728.92 83,910.35 88,632.73 83,278.12 78,961.94 81,371.78 33,722.27 34,474.56 50,001.53 61,669.28 56,415.20
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Co-gen Electricity (MTCDE) 28.42 24.28 19.79 22.41 29.93 41.53 55.98 15.35
Co-gen Steam (MTCDE) 124,280.32 129,528.58 130,852.14 127,798.73 122,723.82 119,785.18 116,738.53 117,729.64 125,058.66 126,378.96 122,881.35 125,511.27 102,739.71 107,400.23 90,552.06 93,274.29 114,278.04 108,419.05 105,021.47 92,054.70
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 4,113.73 4,015.37 4,621.37 5,076.72 5,416.11 6,803.92 8,186.44 7,807.32 8,522.42 9,191.61 8,721.31 8,462.49 9,218.03 10,409.66 9,913.98 9,905.30 8,583.86 11,178.00 7,396.57 8,019.43
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 6,363.60 6,530.31 6,954.63 4,324.36 6,678.39 6,925.74 6,938.18 7,062.35 7,853.84 7,629.53 7,499.41 7,717.06 7,743.74 7,931.34 7,496.70 4,024.08 4,608.07 4,905.02 5,438.63 4,984.94
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 9,324.79 6,557.65 3,484.71 4,727.30 2,903.09 1,050.63 1,860.05 1,378.04 1,196.26 1,009.67 1,229.74 694.65 1,383.92 1,563.51 2,399.85 784.15 3,092.25 2,586.88 1,532.12 1,518.46
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 2,355.95 2,617.98 2,590.91 2,643.70 2,796.88 2,415.37 2,294.30 2,091.43 2,353.67 2,317.09 2,338.21 2,360.04 2,548.72 1,816.85 2,384.80 2,301.19 2,543.23 2,593.47 2,260.45 2,478.45
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 64,231.24 55,584.74 48,380.19 52,701.26 39,374.88 16,196.11 49,019.65 40,282.87 34,245.43 19,581.55 9,767.17 4,552.56 8,802.28 7,210.66 1,388.41 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.11
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 17,351.50 17,465.70 17,579.91 17,683.37 17,801.99 18,223.06 16,783.87 16,275.42 17,769.95 17,087.74 15,733.71 16,296.59 15,447.52 14,345.24 14,311.12 7,526.81 10,346.85 11,854.73 14,941.98 12,771.02
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 3,405.68 3,131.97 1,631.89 2,280.83 3,013.18 3,214.53 2,545.25
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 39,338.88 36,866.91 32,778.40 23,667.63 21,025.23 20,012.49 17,461.49 14,220.28 13,707.13 14,001.80 16,923.39 16,594.45 15,929.54 11,608.80 13,238.63 5,343.87 7,923.69 11,112.89 13,136.20 10,635.85
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 25,369.92 26,151.91 25,567.09 25,239.37 22,694.42 24,803.81 33,851.25 29,880.39 29,455.32 31,111.78 34,090.88 37,884.63 31,807.28 31,766.15 31,698.33 7,101.22 9,244.83 14,514.24 16,999.59 14,973.79
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 6,950.14 7,630.82 8,097.77 9,407.49 10,391.27 12,961.98 10,549.72 15,202.52 16,117.41 13,257.92 12,716.08 13,285.48 13,176.36 12,303.43 12,824.05 7,827.76 510.02 4,547.01 8,121.72 9,710.46
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 23,637.72 20,695.55 14,992.10 12,587.53 1,916.02 1,844.53 1,595.94 2,036.22 1,996.20 1,958.11 2,173.32 2,742.61 3,697.49 1,932.42 2,511.22 1,358.16 1,661.65 2,034.93 2,370.55 2,071.39
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 6,352.54 5,497.39 4,958.41 5,458.12 4,078.14 3,038.45 3,309.73 4,618.57 4,462.53 2,311.57 2,272.97 1,828.97 3,219.93 3,600.22 3,656.46 2,932.56 2,506.69 2,924.55 2,884.71 3,707.44
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 122,472,493 105,985,829 103,822,013 114,285,295.1 95,476,141.23 107,674,293.69 117,287,604.8 116,951,058.78 113,000,026.96 116,768,210.1 114,747,421.87 112,517,402.59 168,975,286.83 211,085,542.71 211,422,504.26 173,775,521.43 150,634,278.11 173,300,840.02 173,339,217 229,328,363.49
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 3,634,000 5,149,000 4,306,000 72,200,000 9,920,000 13,966,000 25,449,990 65,036,000 88,959,630 99,351,010 121,441,030 153,415,670 162,909,180 127,606,450 141,857,510 148,086,700 147,482,000 208,447,010
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Green-e, Other Green-e, Other Green-e, Other Green-e, Other Green-e, Other Green-e, Other Green-e, Other Green-e, Other
Competitive suppliers Purchased (kWh) 4,347,000 4,905,000 1,541,000 23,232,000
Competitive suppliers Verification Other Other Other Other
Power purchase agreement Purchased (kWh) 21,463,000 31,066,000 42,658,000 23,366,000 9,305,000 25,214,000 26,040,000 20,881,000
Power purchase agreement Verification Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other