Cal Poly Humboldt  

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Climate Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2045
  • 60% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2030 relative to 1990
  • 50% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2030 relative to 2019
  • 100% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2045 relative to 1990
  • 50% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2050 relative to 1990
Change in Emissions from 2017 to 2025:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -22%
  • Scope 3: -38%
  • Gross emissions: -29%
  • Net emissions: -32%
Graph Type
Totals
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Gross MTCDE 17,485.40 17,947.44 15,054.72 15,490.62 8,486.30 11,459.13 13,665.23 12,761.05 12,337.38
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -428.00
Compost (MTCDE) -1.29 -0.59 -0.68 -0.37 -0.06 -0.24 -0.21 -0.10 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -104,926.32 -279,523.32
Biogenic (MT CO2) 1.47 2.85 3.13 2.66 1.88 0.48 16.34 11.23 11.67
Net MTCDE 17,484.11 17,946.85 15,054.04 15,490.25 8,486.24 11,458.89 13,665.02 12,760.95 11,909.38
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 6,501.17 6,316.12 5,713.07 4,750.62 3,887.25 4,761.16 5,257.64 4,358.56 4,320.67
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 3,029.11 3,019.71 2,927.89 3,025.15 2,518.71 2,948.77 3,119.70 2,975.12 3,076.67
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 7,955.12 8,611.61 6,413.76 7,714.85 2,080.34 3,749.20 5,287.89 5,427.37 4,940.04
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Co-gen Electricity (MTCDE) 2,490.22 1,441.84 163.89
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 3,721.77 4,611.75 5,325.79 4,547.92 3,791.70 4,540.08 4,966.71 4,088.88 4,006.29
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 289.18 262.53 223.39 202.70 95.55 221.08 290.93 269.68 314.38
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 3,029.11 3,019.71 2,927.89 3,025.15 2,518.71 2,948.77 3,119.70 2,975.12 3,076.67
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 260.86 258.36 238.99 148.40 21.62 73.76 233.94 232.94 115.49
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 963.55 767.72 378.41 526.59 184.27 280.94 430.64 636.67 594.39
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 2,059.56 2,709.01 1,914.36 1,260.88 42.53 831.49 1,384.67 1,558.83 1,346.07
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 1,732.16 1,949.80 1,145.04 3,482.87 26.57 168.32 380.99 408.78 317.03
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 25.36 45.67 28.58 19.89
Study Abroad Air Travel (MTCDE) 77.07 345.53 432.30 478.89
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 304.44 337.18 369.61 293.54 161.82 238.03 242.77 289.99 283.15
Other Purchases / Services (MTCDE) 61.49 67.99 65.88 38.03
FERA (MTCDE) 2,500.76 2,437.14 2,210.00 1,833.26 1,527.61 1,834.27 1,988.03 1,613.51 1,581.76
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 133.79 152.40 157.35 169.31 115.92 158.47 167.66 159.89 165.34
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 12,566,112 13,313,575 13,927,245 12,641,332 10,405,601 12,970,557 13,722,422 13,086,458 13,533,163
Solar Retained (kWh) 21,600 21,600 31,607 31,607 46,563 45,735 51,142 48,463 46,561