Appalachian State University

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Climate Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • 24% reduction of Scope 1 Carbon by 2015 relative to 2009
  • 20% reduction of Scope 2 Carbon by 2015 relative to 2009 
  • 10% reduction of Scope 3 Carbon by 2015 relative to 2009
  • 19% reduction of Total Carbon by 2015 relative to 2009
  • 45% reduction of Scope 1 Carbon by 2025 relative to 2009
  • 60% reduction of Scope 2 Carbon by 2025 relative to 2009
  • 33% reduction of Scope 3 Carbon by 2025 relative to 2009 
  • 50% reduction of Total Carbon by 2025 relative to 2009 
Change in Emissions from 2009 to 2024:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -46%
  • Scope 3: -36%
  • Gross emissions: -43%
  • Net emissions: -43%
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Totals
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Gross MTCDE 76,606.10 76,418.75 75,560.47 74,695.26 74,342.96 75,364.21 70,306.82 64,902.82 64,084.50 69,902.41 69,739.83 61,953.96 57,365.95 97,633.71 44,509.25 43,590.42
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -2,322.00 -2,376.00 -1,734.00 -2,062.00 -2,833.00 -1,229.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Compost (MTCDE) -44.10 -43.47 -32.34 -55.46 -78.69 -89.88 -64.68 -51.16 -52.92 -57.12 -24.53 -37.63 0.00 0.00 -76.44 -107.31
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) -67.00 -67.00 -67.00 -83.00 -83.00 -83.00 -83.00 -986.00 -986.00 -970.00 -970.00 -970.00 0.00 0.00 -970.00 -970.00
Biogenic (MT CO2) 654.70 668.52 560.86 508.36 436.37 465.25 482.89 437.37 430.63 435.41 420.10 352.25 298.62 357.92 395.58 389.05
Net MTCDE 76,562.00 76,375.28 75,528.13 74,639.80 74,264.27 75,274.33 67,920.14 62,475.66 62,297.58 67,783.29 66,882.30 60,687.33 57,365.95 97,633.71 44,432.81 43,483.11
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 22,884.73 20,751.51 20,576.07 18,544.57 19,472.85 20,271.45 19,823.75 17,624.64 15,836.49 17,236.91 17,598.54 16,181.66 16,393.67 16,202.94 16,185.67 15,678.10
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 30,242.00 29,860.63 28,509.13 28,769.58 26,298.22 26,347.28 22,173.59 19,946.26 19,530.68 25,434.53 25,704.53 23,203.69 22,407.53 57,856.44 13,042.65 12,851.56
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 23,479.37 25,806.61 26,475.27 27,381.11 28,571.89 28,745.48 28,309.48 27,331.92 28,717.33 27,230.97 26,436.76 22,568.61 18,564.75 23,574.33 15,280.93 15,060.76
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 22,003.31 19,940.25 19,570.76 17,282.56 18,586.94 18,840.66 18,349.20 16,147.29 14,451.39 16,166.84 16,417.85 15,292.20 15,657.66 15,159.39 15,737.95 15,230.79
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 654.60 694.25 671.53 620.67 554.88 601.78 639.15 578.30 543.61 472.73 464.19 393.88 369.12 439.54 441.53 440.05
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 219.87 112.27 327.36 589.65 293.64 775.42 775.42 892.26 803.21 560.81 699.45 486.51 365.86 602.98
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 6.95 4.74 6.42 51.69 37.39 53.59 59.98 6.79 38.28 36.53 17.05 9.07 1.03 1.03 6.19 7.26
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 30,242.00 29,860.63 28,509.13 28,769.58 26,298.22 26,347.28 22,173.59 19,946.26 19,530.68 25,434.53 25,704.53 23,203.69 22,407.53 57,856.44 13,042.65 12,851.56
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 788.72 795.23 846.27 1,357.96 1,438.75 1,339.09 1,145.54 1,170.77 1,182.34 1,274.04 1,323.99 961.07 941.80 959.73 946.32 947.54
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 2,267.84 2,284.20 2,306.70 3,023.82 2,967.50 2,654.06 2,387.76 2,005.95 2,475.82 2,980.74 3,201.20 2,250.47 2,152.00 2,279.79 2,326.97 2,350.41
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 2,992.77 3,085.09 3,136.97 3,570.88 3,579.17 6,283.71 6,227.04 5,787.16 6,404.81 4,890.01 5,017.03 3,431.13 3,655.05 3,621.29 3,576.31 3,582.55
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 2,880.78 4,632.79 5,411.23 4,424.99 5,255.87 4,707.32 5,207.76 6,547.36 6,445.76 3,252.67 3,935.78 3,351.38 166.68 488.03
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 636.43 1,097.39 1,117.96 1,122.55 1,006.19 1,127.27 901.90 762.03 918.27 2,662.82 1,330.64 1,483.58 2,944.36 6,561.79
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 1,149.02 3,021.71 2,945.44 2,487.64 2,845.02 2,448.70 2,679.56 2,352.93 2,455.29 2,311.13 2,289.26 2,474.95 2.51 39.15
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 728.77 632.84 652.39 1,158.95 985.29 894.90 883.57 896.45 954.15 952.60 1,004.12 907.47 963.42 1,159.13 1,269.93
Wastewater (MTCDE) 183.87 160.83 154.94 156.12 151.51 147.11 143.96 145.14 148.34 144.30 150.62 117.39 93.66 124.27 139.21
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 252.89 245.20 297.62 243.22 234.69 236.96 234.58 216.89 248.68 175.45 188.72 123.95 60.38 126.22
FERA (MTCDE) 8,607.31 8,005.71 7,843.66 6,930.68 7,453.10 7,528.56 7,338.33 6,509.56 5,822.63 6,514.83 6,614.02 6,168.61 6,330.83 6,136.05 6,292.33 6,084.84
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 2,990.97 1,845.62 1,762.09 2,904.30 2,654.80 1,377.80 1,159.48 937.68 917.73 1,304.88 1,381.38 1,298.61 1,254.06 3,238.01 840.66 825.49
Food (MTCDE) 743.51 767.50
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 65,811,258 65,294,365 65,722,969 63,347,803 64,156,521 61,733,547 57,316,395 53,165,015 52,033,514 53,534,906 54,126,190 48,859,861 47,183,683 52,811,906 54,811,994 53,823,103
Solar Retained(kWh) 6,970 5,883 7,216 15,161 114,648 146,834 148,208 234,808 213,773
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased(kWh) 6,970 117,440 116,420
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Not verified Not verified Not verified
Wind Retained(kWh) 111,560 109,200 83,560 82,845 78,300 78,190
Competitive suppliers Purchased(kWh) 4,769,352
Competitive suppliers Verification Other
Power purchase agreement Purchased(kWh) 9,111,000 9,111,000
Power purchase agreement Verification Not verified Not verified