Sustainability and Carbon Emissions Dashboard
Miami University became a signatory to the Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitments (PCLC) - Climate Commitment in 2020, and has committed to carbon neutrality on its Oxford campus by 2040.
- Scope 1: Emissions directly produced on campus (natural gas, fuel/vehicle fleet).
- Scope 2: Emissions from purchased electricity.
- Scope 3: Emissions from commuting (students, staff and faculty) and university-sponsored air travel.
For the PCLC Climate Commitment, future reductions in Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions will be compared to the baseline year FY 2019.
We will also continue to track reduction progress on natural gas and purchased electricity (energy-based emissions) from a FY 2008 baseline.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami’s Oxford’s campus was not fully open from spring 2020 through summer 2021, and so FY 2020 and FY 2021 are not included for the PCLC comparisons.
| Fiscal Year | Total Utility (MTCO2e) | % Carbon Reduction/GSF | KBTU/GSF | % Carbon Reduction Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 124,660.84 | 0% | 165.8 | 0% |
| 2009 | 113,000.64 | -9% | 168.5 | -9% |
| 2010 | 118,232.36 | -15% | 139.7 | -5% |
| 2011 | 117,680.57 | -16% | 140 | -6% |
| 2012 | 103,847.08 | -26% | 130.9 | -17% |
| 2013 | 95,621.99 | -32% | 131.2 | -23% |
| 2014 | 105,678.51 | -28% | 129.3 | -15% |
| 2015 | 98,080.77 | -32% | 123.7 | -21% |
| 2016 | 80,010.43 | -46% | 111.5 | -36% |
| 2017 | 77,897.99 | -48% | 105.3 | -38% |
| 2018 | 76,548.83 | -50% | 105.3 | -38% |
| 2019 | 70,748.75 | -54% | 100.9 | -43% |
| 2020 | 64,251.45 | -59% | 87.87 | -48% |
| 2021 | 60,515.82 | -62% | 83.93 | -51% |
| 2022 | 68,385.10 | -57% | 93.93 | -45% |
| 2023 | 60,439 | -62.5% | 87.3 | -51.5% |
| Fiscal Year | Electricity (kwh) | Electric (MTCO2e) | Coal (tons) | Coal (MTCO2e) | Natural Gas (MMBTU) | Natural Gas (MTCO2e) | Campus Buildings Square Footage | Utility MTCO2e/GSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 93,235,800 | 65,927.56 | 23,004 | 50,720.77 | 150,623 | 8,012.51 | 6,287,767 | 0.019825932 |
| 2009 | 96,844,723 | 67,111.51 | 8,400 | 18,247.05 | 519,271 | 27,642.08 | 6,287,767 | 0.017971506 |
| 2010 | 96,020,162 | 65,790.01 | 21,561 | 46,378.09 | 113,842 | 6,064.26 | 7,009,149 | 0.01686829 |
| 2011 | 94,530,634 | 64,769.43 | 22,410 | 47,221.73 | 106,805/td> | 5,689.41 | 7,056,967 | 0.0166758 |
| 2012 | 94,866,364 | 59,627.43 | 17,399 | 35,432.25 | 165,076 | 8,787.40 | 7,050,833 | 0.014728342 |
| 2013 | 90,560,046 | 56,920.73 | 8,410 | 17,085.79 | 406,338 | 21,615.47 | 7,050,833 | 0.0135618 |
| 2014 | 91,223,068 | 57,553.92 | 19,121 | 38,951.82 | 172,553 | 9,172.77 | 7,426,682 | 0.014229573 |
| 2015 | 91,023,374 | 57,427.93 | 14,347 | 28,501.50 | 228,900 | 12,151.34 | 7,251,940 | 0.013524763 |
| 2016 | 89,903,426 | 51,035.43 | 1,277 | 2,463.58 | 499,407 | 26,511.42 | 7,518,061 | 0.010642429 |
| 2017 | 93,150,893 | 52,878.92 | 0 | 0 | 471,295 | 25,019.07 | 7,493,419 | 0.01039552 |
| 2018 | 91,540,900 | 49,746.58 | 0 | 0 | 505,258 | 26,822.02 | 7,764,288 | 0.00985907 |
| 2019 | 91,374,329 | 45,371.55 | 0 | 0 | 478,042 | 25,377.24 | 7,829,630 | 0.00903603 |
| 2020 | 86,321,799 | 42,725.65 | 0 | 0 | 405,491 | 21,525.81 | 7,967,320 | 0.00806437 |
| 2021 | 78,801,237 | 39,003.29 | 0 | 0 | 405,081 | 21,512.53 | 8,029,764 | 0.007536438 |
| 2022 | 89,048,543 | 44,075.28 | 0 | 0 | 445,884 | 23,670.11 | 7,977,093 | 0.008572684 |
| 2023 | 84,999,913 | 39,192 | 0 | 0 | 419,094 | 22,248 | 8,119,318 | 0.00744397 |
| Fiscal Year | Gross (MTCO2e) | Fuel/Vehicle Fleet (MTCO2e) | Natural Gas | Purchased Electricity | Commuting | Air Travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 85,718 | 814 | 25,377 | 45,372 | 7,251 | 4,465 |
| 2022 | 81,236 | 640 | 23,670 | 44,075 | 5,919 | 4,465 |
| 2023 | 71,266 | 576 | 22,248 | 38,192 | 5,295 | 4,955 |
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami’s Oxford’s campus was not fully open during FY 2020 and FY 2021, and so those years are not included for the PCLC Climate Commitment comparison.
Glossary
MTCO2e: Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. The unit "CO2e" represents an amount of a greenhouse gas (GHG) whose atmospheric impact has been standardized to that of one unit mass of carbon dioxide (CO2), based on the global warming potential (GWP) of the gas.
kBtu: kilo (thousand) British Thermal Units, a common unit of energy measurement.
GSF: Gross square feet
Kilowatt-hour (kWh): A kilowatt-hour is a composite unit of energy equal to one kilowatt (kW) of power sustained for one hour. Commonly used a billing unit for energy delivered to consumers by electric utilities.
MMBTU: MMBtu stands for Metric Million British Thermal Unit, a unit traditionally used to measure heat content or energy value. It is widely associated with the measurement of natural gas.
