University at Albany - State University of New York  

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Climate Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2044
  • 5% reduction of Business Travel Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018 
  • 5% reduction of Commuting Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018 
  • 10% reduction of Direct Transportation Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018 
  • 5% reduction of Food Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018
  • 30% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018
  • 10% reduction of Solid Waste Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018 
  • 20% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018
  • 10% reduction of Total Carbon by 2024 relative to 2018 
  • 70% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2030 relative to 2018
  • 40% reduction of Total Carbon by 2030 relative to 2018 
  • 100% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2040 relative to 2018
  • 60% reduction of Total Carbon by 2040 relative to 2018
  • 85% reduction of Total Carbon by 2050 relative to 1990
Change in Emissions from 1990 to 2024:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -51%
  • Scope 3: -14%
  • Gross emissions: -42%
  • Net emissions: -42%
Description of Institution Goals:

Interim goals to 2024 embedded in Sustainability Plan. Long term goals aligned with NYS Climate Goals. 85% Reduction in GHG Emissions by 2050
100% Zero-emission Electricity by 2040 and 70% Renewable Energy by 2030

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Graph Type
Totals
1990 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Gross MTCDE 86,145.47 95,351.62 93,330.42 92,297.24 77,121.74 70,269.60 70,469.10 60,862.50 71,339.68 66,071.14 62,723.74 59,273.39 62,287.43 59,874.13 63,731.12 52,608.09 40,904.72 50,679.39 60,034.05 50,184.87
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -2,200.00 -2,700.00 -2,700.00 -2,700.00 -2,700.00 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 -164.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 -54.39 -3.82 0.00 0.00 -54.39
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 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 0.00
Net MTCDE 86,145.47 95,351.62 93,330.42 92,297.24 74,921.74 67,569.60 67,769.10 58,162.50 68,639.68 66,071.14 62,723.74 59,109.33 62,287.43 59,874.13 63,731.12 52,553.70 40,900.90 50,679.39 60,034.05 50,130.48
1990 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 41,823.98 36,899.56 40,981.35 41,513.00 34,307.04 30,029.24 30,325.78 28,930.97 38,956.82 37,099.81 36,555.27 32,643.85 37,049.66 35,503.03 36,879.75 33,653.85 31,300.66 33,402.46 33,045.44 23,878.09
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 23,377.18 31,819.12 25,304.82 24,988.38 16,133.73 17,397.70 17,540.65 13,349.18 13,714.15 12,184.93 12,026.79 9,327.57 9,721.64 8,103.12 7,442.25 6,898.00 6,668.80 7,006.78 7,635.89 8,234.51
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 20,944.31 26,632.94 27,044.25 25,795.86 26,680.97 22,842.66 22,602.67 18,582.35 18,668.71 16,786.40 14,141.68 17,301.97 15,516.13 16,267.98 19,409.12 12,056.24 2,935.26 10,270.15 19,352.72 18,072.27
1990 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 32,237.22 27,224.08 31,531.22 28,699.56 27,345.03 24,957.55 27,837.95 22,333.29 24,732.30 28,402.76 27,860.54 23,997.97 28,368.79 26,727.63 28,239.94 25,059.61 22,790.27 24,932.17 23,166.33 22,723.91
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 975.45 968.08 875.26 983.65 824.65 771.43 949.56 875.99 979.65 1,058.76 1,055.24 1,018.29 1,052.85 1,147.53 1,013.15 966.13 882.85 843.39 807.14 775.86
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 8,611.31 8,697.96 8,568.23 11,823.24 6,127.32 4,290.90 1,533.54 5,720.26 13,238.56 7,623.68 7,623.68 7,623.68 7,623.68 7,623.68 7,623.68 7,623.68 7,623.68 7,623.68 9,069.71 372.27
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 9.44 6.64 6.55 10.04 9.36 4.73 1.43 6.31 14.61 15.81 3.91 4.34 4.19 2.98 4.43 3.86 3.22 2.26 6.05
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 23,377.18 31,819.12 25,304.82 24,988.38 16,133.73 17,397.70 17,540.65 13,349.18 13,714.15 12,184.93 12,026.79 9,327.57 9,721.64 8,103.12 7,442.25 6,898.00 6,668.80 7,006.78 7,635.89 8,234.51
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 1,058.98 866.83 960.20 1,180.56 1,211.80 1,206.36 1,176.34 1,207.09 942.35 840.74 872.63 794.67 950.08 980.94 925.19 693.89 88.41 713.35 631.02 656.17
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 4,766.25 4,351.82 4,510.56 4,642.27 4,652.65 4,186.50 5,118.06 5,330.05 5,603.26 4,999.12 2,729.98 5,630.17 4,574.29 4,896.99 4,837.20 4,515.19 518.17 3,376.02 2,986.39 1,662.45
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 3,523.89 3,229.37 4,558.73 3,089.14 3,504.51 3,076.40 3,000.32 3,008.10 3,000.91 2,551.56 2,530.13 2,746.77 2,857.67 2,917.60 5,899.00 2,422.21 577.92 3,276.79 2,895.51 2,295.21
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 4,615.86 3,089.17 2,989.32 2,887.03 2,728.17 2,646.23 2,544.95 2,387.35 2,327.01 2,284.36 2,260.09 2,252.03 2,217.09 2,207.89 2,642.05 1,704.41 55.33 656.57 1,594.19 1,893.59
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 460.11 459.81 459.49 459.28 459.36 459.08 458.98 458.81 458.93 458.98 406.32 415.58 465.08 541.35 467.19 206.55 151.53 4.30 355.16 384.39
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 3,483.65 2,074.08 2,066.82 2,192.21 3,345.22 2,384.17 2,366.52 2,013.01 2,095.58 1,692.37 1,806.45 1,460.96 1,438.95 1,309.35 1,392.42 348.22 295.84 430.50
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 8,593.20 8,950.82 8,825.82 8,294.61 6,954.42 6,506.53 2,487.95 2,526.96 3,095.14 2,797.86 2,543.25 2,341.27 2,908.81 2,624.33 1,725.37 1,137.92 1,755.24 693.60 957.77
Wastewater (MTCDE) 46.33 45.64 48.17 46.88 50.43 42.65 39.18 41.23 42.60 38.28 38.24 39.31 38.90 40.05 28.90 26.03 31.32 32.05 30.92
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 723.54 775.38 824.18 796.07 296.49 293.66 278.48 156.06 55.03 958.43 169.58 44.75 181.71 25.45 6.72 54.47 118.76 142.41
FERA (MTCDE) 9,339.84 9,190.08
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 2,312.03 3,146.95 2,502.67 2,471.38 1,613.59 1,083.00 1,091.83 1,357.15 1,394.00 665.47 644.91 461.87 462.81 421.40 399.98 386.05 373.23 402.09 410.36 428.78
1990 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 59,260,763 80,660,945 81,277,657 80,261,265 71,915,161 70,470,488 71,045,403 72,236,618 74,197,960 76,297,560 73,728,610 73,108,243 73,304,000 70,164,569 69,256,433 64,259,917 62,124,793 66,929,302 60,909,586 63,643,594
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 800,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 3,234,000 1,820,000 3,700,000 917,000 916,500 4,000 2,700,000
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e
Solar Retained (kWh) 39,000 38,000 62,000 66,000 73,000 64,000 2,076,000