Striving for Sustainability Luthers Carbon Footprint

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Striving for SustainabilityLuthers Carbon
Footprint
September 2007
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What is Sustainability?
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What is Sustainability?

• meeting the needs of the present without
  compromising the ability of future generations to
  meet their needs
• -Bruntland Commission

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3 Es of Sustainability

• Environment
• Economy
• Equity

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Presidents Climate Commitment
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Presidents Climate Commitment

• Commits Luther to
• Planning
• Immediate actions
• Reporting and Accountability

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Luthers Carbon Footprint

• Calculations by
• Megan Selvig
• Rich Tenneson, Jim Martin-Schramm
• Environmental Studies Senior Seminar Class Spring
  07

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General information

• Electricity purchased from Alliant Energy
• Heating with natural gas and fuel oil
• Mixture determined yearly based on cost

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Yearly Electricity Usage
-0.5
-9
-15
-22
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Yearly Fuel Oil 5-6 Usage
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Yearly Natural Gas Usage
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Yearly Natural Gas and Fuel Oil
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Electricity (lbs CO2)
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Fuel Oil 5-6 (lbs CO2)
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Natural Gas (lbs CO2)
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Natural Gas and Fuel Oil (lbs CO2)
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Total Electricity and Heating Emissions (lbs CO2)
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-3
-11
-14
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Total Electricity and Heating Emissions Detailed
(lbs CO2)
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Transportation Emissions (lbs CO2)
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Emissions from Agriculture (lbs eCO2)
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Emissions from Solid Waste (lbs eCO2)
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Emissions from Refrigerants (lbs eCO2)
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Total Emissions (eCO2)
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Air Bus Travel

• Methods
• Financial Records
• Destinations
• Miles
• Miles Per Gallon
• Gallons
• Carbon

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Example Trip Nordic Choir Tour

• Destination East Coast Tour
• Two Buses (Hawkeye Stages)
• Total Miles 8,939.6
• Carbon 33,315 Lbs.
• Offset Cost 72.69

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Example Trip Faculty Travel

• Destination Prague, Czech Republic
• Layovers D.C., Frankfurt
• Total Miles 9,454
• Carbon 4,070 Lbs.
• Offset Cost 9.88

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Forest

• Approximately 498 acres.
• Hickory Woodlands
• Roslien Woodlands
• Lionberger Environmental Preserve
• Sherman A. Hoslett Memorial Field Study Area
• Norski Run

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Prairie/Grassland

• Approximately 148 acres
• Anderson
• Gateway

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Agriculture

• Operated by Jewell Family Farms
• Approximately 100 acres
• Mixture of organic and traditional methods

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Turf Grass

• Approximately 134 acres
• Herbicides applied yearly by All American Turf
  Beauty Inc.

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Impervious Surfaces

• Approximately 32 acres
• Parking lots
• Sidewalks and roadways
• Buildings

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Carbon Sequestration Options
Potential Carbon Effect (tC/ac/yr)
Conservation Practice
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Faculty Staff Commuting

• Amy Kristapovich

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Survey Method

• Self-reporting survey to determine emissions from
  faculty staff commuting
• Survey mailed to 660 faculty staff

• 45 of faculty staff
• responded (300/660)

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Survey Questions

• Miles to Luther
• Trips per week
• Miles per gallon
• Current Practices
• Potential Changes
• Comments

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Driving Distance From luther
lt1 mile
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21-80 miles
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1-2 miles
30
16-20 miles
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11- 15 miles
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2-5 miles
5-10 miles
16
12
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Vehicle Fuel Economy
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CO2 Emissions

• From Survey Respondents
• 40,242 gallons of gas consumed
• 787,000 pounds of CO2 released
• Extrapolation to Entire Faculty Staff
• 88,532 gallons of gas consumed
• 1,732,000 pounds of CO2 released

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Current Conservation Practices

• Do Not Drive 10
• Carpooling 15
• Some Walking/Biking 30

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The Transportation of our Food and the Carbon
Dioxide it Produces

• Maia Yates and Carl Haakenstad

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Total Weekly Emissions 7,226 lbs.
Total Annual
Emissions 224,018 lbs. or 101.3 metric tons
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Example Luthers Chicken

• Travels from Springdale, Arkansas
• Total trip is 714.5 miles
• One trip alone produces 3,201 pounds of carbon
• Chicken is produced processed locally

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Questions and Comments?
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Draft Strategic Planning Goals

• Model stewardship and sustainability in all
  college operations.
• Make sustainability a part of every students
  learning experience. 
• Shift campus culture towards sustainability. 
• Collaborate with community partners to develop a
  sustainable community/region. 
• Nurture connection to place in all stakeholders. 
• Communicate Luthers goals and achievements with
  regard to sustainability and stewardship.

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4 Cs of Sustainability
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4 Cs of Sustainability

• Climate

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4 Cs of Sustainability

• Climate
• Consumption

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4 Cs of Sustainability

• Climate
• Consumption
• Community

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4 Cs of Sustainability

• Climate
• Consumption
• Community
• Children

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What does this mean for me?
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What does this mean for me?

• 3 Rs plus 2

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What does this mean for me?

• 3 Rs plus 2
• Do it better, with less ENERGY

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What does this mean for me?

• 3 Rs plus 2
• Do it better, with less ENERGY
• The campus is the classroom

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President Torgerson on Sustainability at Luther

• A final challenge and opportunity Can Luther be
  known as a place where sustainability and
  stewardship shape campus culture and practices? .
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• This is an opportunity for Luther to build on
  past successes and be a model--not a mirror--for
  society.

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Transformed by the Journey?