Climate Action Plan - Binghamton University

Total Emissions per square foot (kg eCO2 / ft^2 )Total Emissions per Person ( eCO2 /Community)Emissions per Operating $ (Grams eCO2 / $)Total Emissions per Student (eCO2 / FTE)Additionally, the Central Heating Plant used significantly more natural gas than coal that year totake advantage of the unusually low gas prices.The CACP calculator also generated the campus emission trends on a per-unit basis based onoperating budget, building space, student population and campus population. The followinggraphs show that, since 2000, the campus has reduced its ―emission factors‖ as indexed tovarious demographic bases. This was accomplished through energy conservation efforts as wellas the recent introduction of biomass fuels in the heating plant.Metric Tons eCO2 / Community membersGrams eCO2 / Operating $53304.83104.64.44.243.83.63.43.232000 2002 2004 2006 2008FIGURE 22 - EMISSIONS PER COMMUNITYMEMBER 2000-20082902702502302101901701502000 2002 2004 2006 2008FIGURE 21 - EMISSIONS PER OPERATING BUDGET2000-20081716kg eCO2 / Square Foot Building Space65.8Metric Tons eCO2 / Student Full Time Equivalent1514131211102000 2002 2004 2006 2008FIGURE 24 - EMISSIONS PER BUILDING SPACE2000-20085.65.45.254.84.64.44.242000 2002 2004 2006 2008FIGURE 23 - EMISSIONS PER STUDENT 2000-2008Since 2005, the senior Administration has been fully supportive of investing surplus utility fundsin cost-effective energy savings projects such as: installing variable speed drives for large motors on chillers, fans and pumps, changing out incandescent light fixtures with more efficient fluorescent light fixtures(T8s and T5s) throughout the campus,~ 16 ~