During Fiscal Year 2015-2016, the department of Utilities & Energy Services, as part of the ongoing commitment to reduce the University's carbon footprint, has reduced 70,911 MMBTU of site energy avoiding $4,255,105 in energy costs and offsetting 12,931 Metric Tons of CO2 emissions, which is equivalent to:

Annual greenhouse gas emissions from:

• 55,667,120

  miles/year driven by an average passenger vehicle

• 7,371

  tons of waste sent to the landfill

• 4,906

  passenger vehicles

• 1,053

  garbage trucks of waste recycled instead of landfilled

CO2 emissions from:

• 24,785,418

  pounds of coal burned

• 2,613,593

  gallons of gasoline consumed

• 949,513

  propane cylinders used for home barbeques

• 823,361

  incandescent lamps switched to LEDs

• 53,775

  barrels of oil consumed

• 3,430

  homes' electricity use for one year

• 2,453

  homes' energy use for one year

• 307

  tanker trucks' worth of gasoline

• 124

  railcars worth of coal burned

• 5.9

  wind turbines installed

• 0.007

  coal-fired power plants in one year

Carbon sequestered by:

• 601,954

  tree seedlings grown for 10 years

• 21,987

  acres of U.S. forests in one year

• 185

  acres of U.S. forests preserved from conversion to cropland in one year

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• Facilities Operations
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