Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Carbon Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2025
  • 100% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2012 relative to 2007 
  • 100% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2024 relative to 2007
  • 100% reduction of Total Carbon by 2025 relative to 2007  
Change in Emissions from 2007 to 2024:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -44%
  • Scope 3: 12%
  • Gross emissions: -24%
  • Net emissions: -103%
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Totals
2007 2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024
Gross MTCDE 15,793.00 13,069.00 11,055.70 12,293.00 8,895.12 13,210.89 9,619.78 14,264.78 13,578.95 13,831.01 9,482.54 11,597.10 12,042.25
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 -12.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -12,556.33 -12,556.33
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -28.52 0.00 -26.63 -20.02 -16.43 0.00 -12.94 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 -15.00 -27.70 -106.00 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
Net MTCDE 15,793.00 13,057.00 11,055.70 12,293.00 8,895.12 13,182.37 9,619.78 14,238.15 13,558.93 13,814.58 9,482.54 -972.17 -514.08
2007 2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 6,015.00 6,208.00 6,381.40 6,778.00 6,256.37 5,739.78 5,590.89 6,888.78 6,891.43 6,447.86 5,903.66 5,918.79 5,566.23
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 3,994.00 3,878.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 5,784.00 2,983.00 4,674.30 5,515.00 2,638.75 7,471.11 3,878.30 7,376.00 6,687.52 7,383.15 3,578.88 5,678.31 6,476.02
2007 2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 5,606.00 5,990.00 5,803.10 6,462.00 6,256.37 5,351.74 5,590.89 6,387.39 6,553.76 6,131.41 5,577.30 5,581.82 5,175.62
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 403.00 190.00 265.40 274.00 278.74 368.30 249.53 239.24 243.79 222.68 261.73
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 6.00 28.00 312.90 42.00 107.31 130.87 85.85 75.12 80.48 112.89 128.52
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 1.99 2.22 2.29 2.09 2.09 1.40 0.36
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 3,994.00 3,878.00 150.59
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 290.87 288.16 286.31 289.05 287.12 287.12 158.16 147.80
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 1,179.10 1,168.12 1,160.60 1,171.70 812.69 791.12 460.29 318.13
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 4,398.00 2,258.00 3,516.00 3,207.00 79.71 78.97 78.46 57.50 52.25 39.85 28.49 22.51
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 1,282.00 617.00 1,049.40 2,325.00 1,887.38 1,503.30 1,173.89 2,132.32 23.13 446.15 940.22
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 282.60 378.15 399.56 262.28 112.22 302.94 248.24
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 1,417.44 1,208.06 767.64 1,201.27 1,175.36 1,059.61
Student Travel to / from Home (MTCDE) 1,751.84 2,224.84
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 104.00 108.00 108.90 -17.00 93.61 98.94 100.20 79.18 82.96 323.72
FERA (MTCDE) 2,533.00 2,166.75 2,263.57 2,586.05 2,653.41 2,482.41 2,258.07 1,199.29 1,108.69
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 105.75 73.65 79.48 76.13 74.57 73.63 67.37 72.83 82.26
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 12,089,257 11,658,347 12,588,263 12,864,916 13,109,413 12,363,645 11,313,176 12,229,349 12,210,047
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 13,000,000 13,000,000 11,467,000 11,467,000 11,000,000 6,917,000 5,500,000 6,300,000 6,300,000
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e, Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified
Power purchase agreement Purchased (kWh) 3,955,000 5,448,000 5,670,000 6,097,000 5,976,690 5,946,000
Power purchase agreement Verification Not verified Other Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified