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Western Washington University's Carbon Neutrality Achievements and Action Plan

Explore WWU's journey towards carbon neutrality, including greenhouse gas inventory data from graduate students, Climate Action Plan details, CO2 emission breakdowns, and strategies like RECs and composting.

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Western Washington University's Carbon Neutrality Achievements and Action Plan

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  1. WWU’s Footprint Achieving Carbon Neutrality on Western’s Campus

  2. Action Plan • President Climate Commitment • 588 Signatories as of October 22, 2008 • Commits Institution to: • Greenhouse Gas Inventory • Data collected by graduate students for 2006 fiscal year • Includes utility, transportation, waste/recycle, refrigerants, miscellaneous • Climate Action Plan -Includes offsets i.e. RECs and composting -Does not include student off-campus travel, CO2 sequestration, embodied energy

  3. Breakdown of CO2 Emissions

  4. Quantified Total CO2 • Fiscal Year of 2006 • 35,816 Tons of CO2 • =703,498,496 cubic feet • =Ten Kingdoms • With Purchase of RECs • Offsets 35.7% • Comes to 23,027 Tons

  5. Breakdown of Transportation CO2 Emissions

  6. How do we get climate neutrality?

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