PITT PLAN FOR CLIMATE ACTION
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LOW CARBON CONNECTIONS
Fiscal Year 2019 GHG Impact
EXPECTED GROWTH 236,200
SPACE USE OPTIMIZATION
EXISTING BUILDING EFFICIENCY NEW BUILDING PERFORMANCE
2,900
215,500 (20,700)
22,200
PRIORITY:
DISTRICT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
2,000 14,700
ENERGY DEMAND REDUCTIONS
ELECTRICITY GRID SHIFTS 3,700
E
While our physical places have a significant GHG impact, as the University drives those carbon emissions down by reducing demand and cleaning its supply, how we connect to and from campus and around the world will start to have a greater share of our campus carbon footprint. Low carbon connections primarily include two categories: 1) Commuting of students and employees EXISTING to and from campus and 2) Air travel for business or LOCAL RENEWABLES study abroad. Regardless of who is doing it and how, AGREEMENTS combining both commuting and air travel offers the FUTURE potential to avoid 73,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide ELECTRICAL GENERATION equivalent AND (MT CO2e) – or 31.3% of our path toward PROCUREMENT carbon neutrality by 2037. 28,000
PRIORITY:
CLEAN SUPPLY
Pitt green fleet
CAFE STANDARDS 53,500 16,400
16,400 E
COMMUTER MODE CHOICES 3,700 3,700
AVOIDED COMMUTES VIA FLEX WORK 4,100 4,100
AIR TRAVEL REDUCTIONS
AIR TRAVEL OFFSET POLICY
LEAD WAY TO NE
3,400 3,400
PRIORITY:
CAMPUS EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR SHIFTS
LOW CARBON CONNECTIONS 45,800 45,800
BASELINE YEAR (FY19) AND GROWTH
32
STRATEGIES TO CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2037
Figure 24. Low Carbon Connections Strategies (MT CO2e Avoided) E = External shifts causing
indirect GHG reductions
= Carbon Reductions to be Procured
University of Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan
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