Transcript Climate Workshop slideshow

“Climate change is the defining issue
of our era.”
-- Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary
General, in Time (23 December, 2009)
What is our Carbon Footprint?
• In 1990: 7,360 metric tons eCO2
• In 2007: 21,000 metric tons eCO2
• In 2008: 26,000 metric tons eCO2
In 2007 students voted to purchase RECs to
offset 100% of electricity:
• 2007: 9,000 metric tons eCO2
• 2008: 14,000 metric tons eCO2
Who be these emissions?
Transportation
Standing Sources
Purchased
Electricity
Ways to wipe out emissions
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Reduce Energy Use
Increase Energy Efficiency
Change to Renewable Energy
Purchase offsets
Make carbon offsets
Engage in other sustainable activities
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Transportation
Standing sources
Purchased electricity
Curricular/campus life
How we wipe out emissions
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Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Appropriate Heating and Power Plant Fuel Choices
On-Site Renewable Energy Technologies
Buy Green Power
Maximize Space Utilization to Minimize or Avoid New
Construction
Design and Construct Only the Greenest, Most Energy
Efficient New Buildings
Sustainable Transportation Solutions
Other GHG Mitigation Strategies (waste disposal, purchasing,
food)
Carbon Offsets to Address Remaining Emissions
What does an ACUPCC College do?
• Teaching students to understand climate
change and to help solve it after they graduate
• Achieving deep cuts in GHG emissions
• Setting an example and inspiring the wider
community to become part of the solution too