Rensselaer’s Sustainability CharretteEnvironment – Economics – Education

Envision – Explore – Exchange

Operations

Steve Angleangles@rpi.edu

Carbon Footprint

Energy Consumption

Opportunities

April 17 - 18, 2009

Operations - Defined

Operations at Rensselaer involves all day to day activities that impact the learning and living environment of Rensselaer students, faculty, and staff. Specific areas include building maintenance and cleaning, upkeep of lawn and garden areas, operation of campus vehicles, operation of building mechanical and electrical systems, use of energy and water, food service, waste disposal, and all construction operations.

The Presidents Climate Commitment

Simplifying the Types of GHG EmissionsAll Expressed as Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide

(MTeCO2)

This slide courtesy of CA-CP

Scope 3: Indirect emissions including transportation,

waste disposal, etc.

Scope 1: Emissions from the direct activities of the

campus

Scope 2: Emissions from utility production not at the institution

Collected and Qualified Carbon Emissions at RPI

Scope 1

• Natural Gas

• Distillate Oil

• Vehicle Fleet

• Fertilizer

• Refrigerants

Scope 2

• Purchased Electricity

Scope 3

• Faculty/Staff Commuting

• Student Commuting

• Student Air Travel

• Solid Waste

Offsets

• Renewable Energy Credits

Scope 1 Emissions

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Carbon Emissions by Scope

Total Carbon Emissions-Net50,555 MTeCO2 in FY2008

On-Cam-pus Sta-

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39%

Fleet1%

Agri.0.01%Re-

friger-ant1%

Elec-tricity50%

Commute7%

Air Miles2%

Waste0.3%

Carbon Emissions by Type

Other GHG Contributors at RPI

Source ‘08 Units MTeCO2 % Total

CommutingFaculty/Staff: 259,488 Gallons

Students: 137,393 Gallons3,546 7%

Air Travel Students: 1,001,804 Miles 778 2%

Vehicle FleetGasoline: 61,065 Gallons

Diesel: 8,743 Gallons634 1%

Refrigerants 880 Pounds 631 1%

Solid Waste 1,062 Short Tons 156 <1%

Agriculture - Fertilizer 903 Pounds 4 <1%

Carbon Management (Clean Air Cool Planet)

Utility Budget - FY 2009

Cost Usage

Electricity $ 7,410,394 69,520,635 kWh

Natural Gas $ 4,066,711 369,502 MMBTU

Oil $ 326,540 202,035 gals

Water $ 842,617 127,515,332 gals

Other $ 110,150

Total $12,756,412The largest opportunity for saving money and carbon emissions is through the reduction of electricity and natural gas use

Research and Science Buildings Use Over 60% of Total Campus Utilities

Main Campus Utility Usage by Building

CII15%

JEC10%

EMPAC6%

Cogswell Lab6%

MRC6%

Watervliet3%AS&RC

3%Folsom Library

4%

Science Ctr.2%

Computer Ctr5%

Walker Lab + Chill3%

DCC3%

Russell Sage Lab2%

Troy Building2%

Ricketts Building2%Polymer

2%

Gymnasium '871%

Boiler House1%

Amos Eaton Build-ing2%

Linac1%

Academy Hall1%

West Hall1%

Heffner Alumni1%

Biotechnology Center12%

Others6%

Main Campus Electricity Cost

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Current/Future Initiatives - Utilities

• Renewable Energy• Wind Turbine• East Campus PV Array• Install more PV?

• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

• EMPAC• East Campus Athletic Village• Retrofit Existing Buildings for Energy Efficiency?

• Energy Awareness• The Rensselaer Guide to Campus Energy

Conservation• Improve Campus Awareness?

• Campus Energy Audit and Energy Projects• Phase I - $5M• Invest Additional Capital?

Current Initiatives – Green Practices

• Single Stream Recycling (Comingling all recyclables into one container)• Special Recycling

• Building renovations (separate out metals)• Electronics, batteries, metal,

wood pallets, tires• Yearly building clean outs

(old electronic and lab equipment)• Green House (flowers, Terra Café vegetables) • Vehicle surplus sale• Store /reuse old furniture

Current Initiatives – Green Practices (con)

• Clothing in the Union• Green cleaning chemicals• Compact fluorescent light bulbs• Integrated Pest Management

program• Book Program• Greening Web site

www.rpi.edu/dept/ess/greening• Mail Room -sustainability

initiatives on web site• Dump and Run • Face the Waste

Future Opportunities – Green Practices

• Biodiesel• Composting (food waste)• Consolidating all copiers on Campus• Sustainability Web site

(www.rpi.edu/dept/ess/greening)• Sustainability marketing material• FYE grass roots sustainability program