Western Technical College

Institutional Information
Commitments:
  • Climate Commitment
  • Race to Zero
Specific Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2035
  • 35% reduction of Scope 2 Carbon by 2021 relative to 2010 
  • 100% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2035 relative to 2010
  • 100% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2035 relative to 2010
Change in Emissions from 2010 to 2024:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -52%
  • Scope 3: -66%
  • Gross emissions: -60%
  • Net emissions: -60%
Graph Type
Totals
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Gross MTCDE 13,438.34 11,790.28 10,629.37 10,801.50 14,539.99 14,847.17 12,438.19 8,542.27 8,504.88 8,586.92 6,862.91 4,048.34 6,383.56 6,121.08 5,351.34
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 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 -1.31 0.00 0.00 -1.54 -1.32 0.00
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
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.40 0.42 0.42 0.52 0.40 0.40 0.46 0.48 0.46 0.24 0.11 0.22 0.38 0.00 0.09
Net MTCDE 13,438.34 11,790.28 10,629.37 10,801.50 14,539.99 14,847.17 12,438.19 8,542.27 8,504.88 8,585.61 6,862.91 4,048.34 6,382.02 6,119.76 5,351.34
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 1,805.64 1,735.60 1,396.56 1,628.26 2,159.73 2,259.10 1,652.92 1,410.48 1,436.09 1,555.29 1,166.93 1,200.69 1,605.19 1,321.82 1,146.09
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 4,123.25 3,137.67 2,816.50 2,560.06 3,473.14 3,729.76 3,132.01 3,115.07 2,893.93 2,299.12 1,758.86 1,694.44 1,975.50 1,907.14 1,689.17
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 7,509.45 6,917.01 6,416.31 6,613.18 8,907.12 8,858.31 7,653.26 4,016.72 4,174.86 4,732.51 3,937.12 1,153.21 2,802.87 2,892.12 2,516.08
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 1,503.83 1,443.40 1,113.01 1,334.24 1,859.65 1,961.88 1,342.81 1,099.21 1,112.58 1,228.32 858.34 944.33 1,004.37 1,010.79 873.30
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 92.16 82.55 73.87 84.09 88.07 85.35 82.88 84.09 89.39 97.06 68.75 54.43 69.76 79.89 89.00
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 209.65 209.65 209.68 209.93 212.01 211.87 227.23 227.18 234.12 229.91 239.84 201.93 531.06 231.14 183.79
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 3,413.05 2,427.47 2,106.66 1,847.45 2,707.29 3,141.76 2,541.00 2,509.11 2,266.66 1,657.59 1,194.68 1,208.41 1,471.82 1,418.25 1,209.18
Purchased Steam / Chilled Water (MTCDE) 710.20 710.20 709.84 712.61 765.85 588.00 591.01 605.96 627.27 641.53 564.18 486.03 503.68 488.89 479.99
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 1,244.39 992.78 863.91 804.49 811.57 807.20 349.44 344.18 331.72 333.36 257.62 128.63 138.53 129.38 112.26
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 997.02 596.28 566.47 863.78 871.37 866.65 673.49 681.82 673.36 673.10 500.67 189.14 282.30 281.06 263.44
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 4,377.42 4,439.24 4,133.97 4,026.21 6,141.99 5,985.21 5,869.48 2,299.56 2,504.25 2,977.10 2,514.31 337.14 1,821.30 1,859.42 1,616.20
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 66.61 106.32 66.19 86.15 167.61 225.44 83.06 103.80 68.41 101.15 75.94 15.15 72.19
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 0.86 0.41 0.57 1.17 12.53 12.46 11.08 5.33 16.42 25.63 32.53 30.19
Other Purchases / Services (MTCDE) 385.31 50.59
FERA (MTCDE) 604.65 580.28 447.29 536.97 749.77 792.20 541.29 446.31 451.42 499.25 350.26 408.58 413.27 357.32
T&D Losses (MTCDE) 219.36 202.11 338.48 294.72 164.40 181.04 135.33 128.52 133.24 137.47 232.99 96.57 111.38 104.27 86.08
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption(kWh) 7,305,881 6,731,233 6,722,548 6,603,778 7,024,386 7,662,539 6,995,304 7,083,955 6,472,677 6,534,077 6,180,885 5,676,380 6,421,360 6,398,943.55 6,224,867
Purchased Thermal Energy(MMBtu) 9,730.6 9,730.6 9,730.6 9,768.49 10,498.31 8,060.41 8,101.6 8,306.6 8,598.72 8,794.22 7,733.83 6,662.56 6,904.5 6,701.8 6,579.61
Utility green pricing Purchased(kWh) 280,000 1,734,200 673,040 1,376,000 1,376,000 1,376,000
Utility green pricing Verification Not verified Not verified Green-e, Not verified Green-e Not verified Not verified
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased(kWh) 2,498,260 2,424,360 974,460 707,980 820,520 93,600 1,565,300 1,562,600
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Not verified Green-e Green-e Green-e
Solar Retained(kWh) 73,592 153,709.02 150,964.87 153,570.79 163,938.13 173,729 184,702.68 210,066.06
Community solar Purchased(kWh) 105,900 113,190 107,806 117,410 100,850 105,249 103,065
Community solar Verification Not verified Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e Green-e
Large commercial green power rates ("green tariffs") Purchased(kWh) 621,600 621,600 1,376,000 1,422,800
Large commercial green power rates ("green tariffs") Verification Green-e, Not verified Green-e Green-e Green-e
Competitive suppliers Purchased(kWh) 46,800 46,800 46,800
Competitive suppliers Verification Green-e Green-e Green-e