Document Type
Report
Publication Date
3-2019
Abstract
This report, assembled by graduate students Abigail Ellert and Nathan Ribar of the Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE), under the direction of Dr. David Kahler and Dr. John Stolz, presents the results of an inventory of Duquesne University’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. This period begins July 1, 2015 and ends June 30, 2016. As the sixth biennial report CERE has issued, its findings are compared with those derived from FYs 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, and 2006 data and assesses trends in Duquesne’s GHG emissions. Additionally, this report discusses options for reducing Duquesne’s carbon footprint in the future.
Duquesne University’s total GHG emissions for FY 2016 were 46,826.58 metric tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MT eCO2), equaling 4.93 MT eCO2 per student. This is an 8.5 percent drop in MT eCO2 emissions from FY 2014, which totaled 51,187.7 MT eCO2.
Emissions are at a four year low due to a change in the sourcing of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), which allowed Duquesne to obtain a much larger quantity than previous years. Duquesne’s carbon footprint ranks in the top four of Atlantic 10 universities in total emissions and fifth in emissions per student.
Repository Citation
Ellert, A., Ribar, N., Kabala, S. J., & Stolz, J. F. (2019). One Step at a Time: Duquesne University’s Sixth Biennial Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory. Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/ghg-reports/3