The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus has issued a report detailing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of 2008 levels by the year 2021. The plan is expected to reduce annual University operating costs by $20 million through reduced utility bills and maintenance costs. 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions come from two sources the electricity use and on campus steam production.
Initial strategies include decommissioning buildings and consolodating spaces, improving the operational efficiencies of computers, recomissioning buildings, reducing laboratory ventilation rates and reducing coal usage at our steam plants by 85%. Plans for a 14 MW combined heat and power plant are in the future.
A plan for systemwide sustainability is included as an appendix. Highlights include a focus on purchasing local foods at the Wednesday Farmer's Market and highlighting sustainability work done on the coordinate campuses of Duluth, Crookston, Morris.
Initial strategies include decommissioning buildings and consolodating spaces, improving the operational efficiencies of computers, recomissioning buildings, reducing laboratory ventilation rates and reducing coal usage at our steam plants by 85%. Plans for a 14 MW combined heat and power plant are in the future.
A plan for systemwide sustainability is included as an appendix. Highlights include a focus on purchasing local foods at the Wednesday Farmer's Market and highlighting sustainability work done on the coordinate campuses of Duluth, Crookston, Morris.
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