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Sustainability at Trinity College Karen Misbach, CHMM EH&S Manager & Sustainability Coordinator American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment Signed by President Jones in July 2007 Sustainability Task


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Sustainability at Trinity College

Karen Misbach, CHMM EH&S Manager & Sustainability Coordinator

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American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment

  • Signed by President Jones in July 2007
  • Sustainability Task Force assembled Fall 2007
  • Campus Greenhouse Gas inventory completed
  • Sept. 2008
  • All new construction will be LEED silver design
  • All appliance purchases will be energy star
  • Promote mass transportation
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Trinity College’s Carbon Footprint

FY 2007 and 2008 Carbon Footprint in Tons and Metric Tons

Scope

Trinity College Scope 1 & Scope 2 CO2 Emissions FY 2007 (tons CO2e) FY 2008 (tons CO2e) FY 2007 (MT CO2e) FY 2008 (MT CO2e)

2 Electricity 9,583 9,730 8,696 8,830 1 Natural Gas 6,455 9,158 5,857 8,310 1 Heating Oil #6 fuel oil 3,831

  • 3,476
  • 1

Gasoline (Trinity vehicles) 193 223 175 203 3 Gasoline (travel & athletics) 439 321 399 291 1 Diesel (Grounds) 22 20 20 18 3 Diesel (U-Pass) 27 35 24 32 3 Air Travel (Athletics and Business) 290 325 264 295 1 Refrigerants 58 5 52 4 1 Fertilizer 20 23 18 21 3 Solid Waste

  • (9.0)
  • (9.9)

TOTAL 20,918 19,831 18,981 17,994

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Trinity College’s Carbon Footprint

FY07 & FY08 Carbon Footprint

  • 2,000

4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 FY07 GHG (MT CO2 eq) FY08 GHG (MT CO2 eq) MT CO2

Electricity GHG generation Natural Gas GHG generation #6 Fuel Oil GHG generation Gasoline (Scope 1) GHG generation Gasoline (Scope 3) GHG Diesel (Scope 1) GHG generation Diesel (Scope 3) GHG Air Travel GHG generation Refrigerants GHG generation Fertilizers GHG generation

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Climate Action Plan

  • Building Energy Analysis
  • Development of Plan

– Energy Conservation – Renewable resources – Improving efficiency

  • Carbon neutrality by __?
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Other Initiatives

  • Recycling Task Force
  • Carpooling Intranet Site
  • Vending Misers
  • Mini-grant program
  • The Treehouse
  • Chartwells’ social

responsibility programs

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Recycling Performance

Trinity College

Recycling Data

June 1, 2007-May 31, 2008

TONS WTE Landfilled Recycled Total Solid Waste Bulky Cardboard Containers Paper Metals Cost $ 77,760 1,126.73 882.71 151.18 55.66 8.00 5.87 23.31 tons Percent 100% 78.3% 13.4% 4.9% 0.7% 0.5% 2.1%

Per Ton Price

$ 69 $ 96 $ - $ - $ - $ -

Recycled-CRRA

92.84 tons 8.48%

Surplus Furniture

7.41tons Grand Total 100.24tons

Sources: CRRA Invoices and IRN Recycling Certificate WTE= Waste-To-Energy Facility Nexus Notes: 1. Landscape waste is composed on campus Oct.9.2008

  • 2. Construction & demolition waste handled by

contractor contractors

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Future Planning

  • Recyclemania
  • Bike sharing program
  • Composting food waste
  • Electrical metering
  • Improvements to infrastructure
  • Renewable energy possibilities