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Commitments:

Carbon Commitment
Race to Zero

Specific Goals:

Carbon neutral by 2050
30% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2030 relative to 2009
25% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2020 relative to 2009
15% reduction of Scope 1 + Scope 2 Carbon by 2015 relative to 2009

Change in Emissions from 2009 to 2020:

Scopes 1 and 2: -37%
Scope 3: -77%
Gross emissions: -52%
Net emissions: -52%

Totals

Fiscal Year	Gross MTCDE	Net MTCDE
2009	6,824.01	6,824.01
2011	6,313.31	6,313.31
2013	5,605.55	5,605.55
2015	5,305.84	5,305.84
2016	4,942.54	4,942.54
2017	4,605.73	4,605.73
2018	5,059.38	5,059.38
2019	4,557.70	4,557.70
2020	3,269.75	3,269.75

Scopes

Fiscal Year	Scope	GHG MTCDE
2009	1	2,842.14
2009	2	1,338.57
2009	3	2,643.30
2011	1	2,830.42
2011	2	1,420.56
2011	3	2,062.33
2013	1	2,910.01
2013	2	1,125.45
2013	3	1,570.09
2015	1	3,192.85
2015	2	836.90
2015	3	1,276.09
2016	1	2,973.01
2016	2	656.06
2016	3	1,313.47
2017	1	2,843.77
2017	2	698.95
2017	3	1,063.01
2018	1	2,865.83
2018	2	629.98
2018	3	1,563.57
2019	1	2,902.18
2019	2	434.81
2019	3	1,220.71
2020	1	2,443.21
2020	2	206.59
2020	3	619.95

Categories

Fiscal Year	Scope	Source	GHG MTCDE
2009	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2009	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2009	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,542.11
2009	1	Direct Transportation	272.06
2009	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	0.00
2009	1	Fertilizer & Animals	27.97
2009	2	Purchased Electricity	1,338.57
2009	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2009	3	Faculty Commuting	368.66
2009	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2009	3	Student Commuting	95.04
2009	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	187.41
2009	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	13.08
2009	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	1,846.72
2009	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2009	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2009	3	Wastewater	0.00
2009	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2009	3	T&D Losses	132.39
2009	3	Food	0.00
2011	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2011	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2011	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,489.77
2011	1	Direct Transportation	292.12
2011	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	21.15
2011	1	Fertilizer & Animals	27.38
2011	2	Purchased Electricity	1,420.56
2011	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2011	3	Faculty Commuting	363.09
2011	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2011	3	Student Commuting	93.52
2011	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	235.68
2011	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	19.73
2011	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	1,262.51
2011	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2011	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2011	3	Wastewater	0.00
2011	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2011	3	T&D Losses	87.80
2011	3	Food	0.00
2013	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2013	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2013	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,619.16
2013	1	Direct Transportation	247.89
2013	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	15.62
2013	1	Fertilizer & Animals	27.34
2013	2	Purchased Electricity	1,125.45
2013	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2013	3	Faculty Commuting	336.94
2013	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2013	3	Student Commuting	82.83
2013	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	229.43
2013	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	36.47
2013	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	770.79
2013	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2013	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2013	3	Wastewater	0.00
2013	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2013	3	T&D Losses	113.63
2013	3	Food	0.00
2015	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2015	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2015	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,874.27
2015	1	Direct Transportation	231.26
2015	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	59.68
2015	1	Fertilizer & Animals	27.64
2015	2	Purchased Electricity	836.90
2015	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2015	3	Faculty Commuting	308.00
2015	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2015	3	Student Commuting	88.39
2015	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	130.84
2015	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	37.29
2015	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	645.43
2015	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2015	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2015	3	Wastewater	0.00
2015	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2015	3	T&D Losses	66.14
2015	3	Food	0.00
2016	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2016	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2016	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,707.23
2016	1	Direct Transportation	223.60
2016	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	16.45
2016	1	Fertilizer & Animals	25.73
2016	2	Purchased Electricity	656.06
2016	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2016	3	Faculty Commuting	296.92
2016	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2016	3	Student Commuting	60.35
2016	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	85.45
2016	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	31.09
2016	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	790.00
2016	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2016	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2016	3	Wastewater	0.00
2016	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2016	3	T&D Losses	49.66
2016	3	Food	0.00
2017	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2017	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2017	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,516.74
2017	1	Direct Transportation	211.18
2017	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	87.51
2017	1	Fertilizer & Animals	28.34
2017	2	Purchased Electricity	698.95
2017	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2017	3	Faculty Commuting	301.77
2017	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2017	3	Student Commuting	69.23
2017	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	90.74
2017	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	41.78
2017	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	510.11
2017	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2017	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2017	3	Wastewater	0.00
2017	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2017	3	T&D Losses	49.38
2017	3	Food	0.00
2018	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2018	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2018	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,608.19
2018	1	Direct Transportation	178.25
2018	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	49.01
2018	1	Fertilizer & Animals	30.38
2018	2	Purchased Electricity	629.98
2018	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2018	3	Faculty Commuting	245.10
2018	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2018	3	Student Commuting	47.66
2018	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	103.98
2018	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	33.33
2018	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	1,084.76
2018	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2018	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2018	3	Wastewater	0.00
2018	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2018	3	T&D Losses	48.74
2018	3	Food	0.00
2019	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2019	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2019	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,658.04
2019	1	Direct Transportation	173.23
2019	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	41.51
2019	1	Fertilizer & Animals	29.40
2019	2	Purchased Electricity	434.81
2019	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2019	3	Faculty Commuting	245.00
2019	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2019	3	Student Commuting	37.41
2019	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	141.43
2019	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	31.41
2019	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	725.46
2019	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2019	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2019	3	Wastewater	0.00
2019	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2019	3	T&D Losses	40.00
2019	3	Food	0.00
2020	1	Co-gen Electricity	0.00
2020	1	Co-gen Steam	0.00
2020	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	2,221.08
2020	1	Direct Transportation	98.55
2020	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	91.92
2020	1	Fertilizer & Animals	31.66
2020	2	Purchased Electricity	206.59
2020	2	Purchased Steam / Chilled Water	0.00
2020	3	Faculty Commuting	189.33
2020	3	Staff Commuting	0.00
2020	3	Student Commuting	25.49
2020	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	83.81
2020	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	6.44
2020	3	Study Abroad Air Travel	285.20
2020	3	Student Travel to/from Home	0.00
2020	3	Solid Waste	0.00
2020	3	Wastewater	0.00
2020	3	Paper Purchasing	0.00
2020	3	T&D Losses	29.68
2020	3	Food	0.00

Mitigation Data

Fiscal Year	Source	Value	Unit
2009	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	5,900,226	kWh
2011	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	5,713,234	kWh
2013	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	6,048,039	kWh
2015	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	7,561,546	kWh
2015	Power purchase agreement Purchased	2,557,690	kWh
2015	Power purchase agreement Verification	Other
2016	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	7,861,245	kWh
2016	Power purchase agreement Purchased	2,979,340	kWh
2016	Power purchase agreement Verification	Other
2017	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	7,820,573	kWh
2017	Power purchase agreement Purchased	2,616,190	kWh
2017	Power purchase agreement Verification	Other
2018	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	8,115,691	kWh
2018	Power purchase agreement Purchased	2,732,000	kWh
2018	Power purchase agreement Verification	Other
2019	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	6,926,002	kWh
2019	Power purchase agreement Purchased	2,880,000	kWh
2019	Power purchase agreement Verification	Not verified
2020	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	4,940,560	kWh
2020	Power purchase agreement Purchased	3,016,000	kWh
2020	Power purchase agreement Verification	Not verified