Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 78.45
Liaison Emma Blandford
Submission Date May 15, 2012
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Georgia Institute of Technology
PAE-5: Climate Action Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Marcia Kinstler
Sustainability Director
Office of Environmental Stewardship
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Does the institution have a plan to mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief summary of the climate plan’s long-term goals:

Georgia Tech has committed to be carbon neutral by 2050 as part of the the ACPUCC.


A brief summary of the climate plan’s short-term goals:

Georgia Tech has committed to reduce the MMBTU's used per square foot, relative to 4Q2007, by 15% by 2020.


Year the climate plan was formally adopted or approved:
2,007

An indication of whether institution has made a commitment to reduce GHG emissions a specific amount by a target year:
Yes

List which emissions (scope 1, 2, and/or 3) are included in its GHG emissions commitment:
1, 2, and 3

The reduction level (percentage) institution has committed to:
15

The baseline year the institution used in its GHG emissions commitment:
Nov. 15, 2007

The baseline emissions level institution used in its GHG emissions commitment:
325,066

The target year the institution specified in its GHG emissions commitment :
Dec. 29, 2020

The website URL where information about the climate plan is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

40% reduction in 2040
100% reduction in 2050


40% reduction in 2040
100% reduction in 2050

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