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PITT PLAN FOR CLIMATE ACTION
Strategies
O ‘ THER’ CATEGORIES
The details of each of these waterfall strategies are summarized here and in our PittCAP Roadmap, with each section including: • Strategy description and its contribution to our three themes (academic mission, equitable outcomes, and economic resilience) • Types of actions required, campus leaders, and stakeholders • Collective impact of actions • Financial investment required and payback $ Each strategy is also tagged with an icon representing a physical, operational, policy, procurement or Operational Policy Procurement Partnerships partnership opportunity (as outlined below).
Building or infrastructure investment Physical
Internal processes, initiatives, and maintenance relating to campus and facilities
Operational
Campus-wide policy or procedure
Policy
Procurement
Funding, financing, incentives, or procurement
Partnerships
Opportunities to advance strategy through partnership and collaboration
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ENERGY DEMAND REDUCTIONS
(Not in Water fal)
While important for campus-wide sustainability efforts, four other categories are not addressed on the waterfall diagram because they collectively represent only 2% of Pitt’s total FY19 GHG emissions. However, campus-wide efforts relating to solid waste, paper purchasing, and wastewater are important aspects of campus-wide sustainability and emissions reductions -- and represent opportunity to raise awareness about our commitment to neutrality by 2037; they’re briefly addressed below: PAPER – Before FY19, Pitt’s paper purchasing averaged Fiscal Year ~1,800 MT CO2e annually; however, with campus-wide 2019 GHG paper use reduction in FY19 and broader adoption ofImpact the TreeZero carbon neutral paper, paper emissions 215,500 dropped by ~60%. A continued push for reduced printing and the use of carbon neutral and recycled content paper will continue. VEHICLE FLEET – The University has 217 vehicles that support the Pittsburgh campus, which are on a transition to more efficient, hybrids, and electric vehicles (~60 vehicles upgraded annually). Eighteen of our 20 shuttles are currently fueled by propane (which reduced emissions from them by 33%). Pitt intends to fully electrify its vehicle fleet over time (including shuttles) while raising awareness among the Pitt community about the global shift to low carbon vehicles.
Efficiency and conservation should always come first; these energy demand reductions include three basic GHG mitigation strategies: 1) Space Use Optimization, 2) Existing Building Efficiency, and 3) New Building Performance. Together, these three approaches offer the opportunity to avoid 27,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MT CO2e) – or 11.5% of our path toward carbon neutrality by 2037. EXPECTED GROWTH 236,200
SPACE USE OPTIMIZATION
EXISTING BUILDING EFFICIENCY NEW BUILDING PERFORMANCE
2,900 2,900 (20,700)
22,200 22,200
DISTRICT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ELECTRICITY GRID SHIFTS
2,000 2,000
PRIORITY:
14,700
3,700
DEMAND Figure ENERGY 19. Energy Demand Reductions Strategies REDUCTIONS (MT CO2e Avoided)
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CLEAN SUPPL
REFRIGERANTS- Pitt’s overall refrigerant use is part of required maintenance across campus. As it phases out older equipment, the University has been shifting away from more potent Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerants in preference of lower GWP refrigerants over time. SOLID WASTE – Pitt has a goal to reduce materials to landfill by 25% by 2030 (from 2017 levels), which it has Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation been working up to over time by diverting an increasing number of specialty recyclables and compostables.BASELINE STRATEGIES TO
YEAR (FY19) CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2037 AND GROWTH University of Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan
