Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.22
Liaison Andrew D'Amico
Submission Date March 15, 2012
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Princeton University
PAE-5: Climate Action Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Shana Weber
Director
Office of Sustainability
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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:

The University’s long-term goal is to decrease campus carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.


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

Within the following strategies being employed to meet the University’s long-term greenhouse gas emissions goal are short-term goals:

Campus Energy: Invest $45 million between 2009 and 2017 to reduce overall utility usage on campus, in part by improving the efficiency of the high-performance central cogeneration plant and the buildings it serves. These initiatives are being coordinated through an Energy Master Plan.

Green Building: Increase building efficiency in new construction and major renovation projects using Life Cycle Cost Analysis and strive for LEED Silver equivalency wherever applicable; use on-site renewables and alternative energy technologies, as well as natural resource conservation technologies, wherever cost-effective; build internal expertise to ensure consistent application of the University's Sustainable Building Guidelines across all projects.

Transportation: Encourage the use of public mass transit; develop and promote car pools and van pools; improve the on-campus transit system; provide and promote a car sharing service; improve the campus network of bicycle paths and walkways, and support and promote walking and biking; communicate information about the University's Transportation Demand Management programs; coordinate campus fleet management; standardize electric carts and ultra-low or zero-emission vehicles; track University-related air travel.


Year the climate plan was formally adopted or approved:
2,008

An indication of whether institution has made a commitment to reduce GHG emissions a specific amount by a target year:
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List which emissions (scope 1, 2, and/or 3) are included in its GHG emissions commitment:
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The reduction level (percentage) institution has committed to:
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The baseline year the institution used in its GHG emissions commitment:
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The baseline emissions level institution used in its GHG emissions commitment:
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The target year the institution specified in its GHG emissions commitment :
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The website URL where information about the climate plan is available:
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