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.
The PCLC-Climate Commitment requires reaching net carbon neutrality in these areas:
- 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 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.
| 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 | 60,378 | -62.5% | 85.13 | -51.5% |
| 2024 | 61,401 | -63.3% | 83.40 | -50.7 % |
| 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 | 84,854,691 | 38,130 | 0 | 0 | 419,094 | 22,248 | 8,119,318 | 0.00743634 |
| 2024 | 88,984,246 | 39,985.69 | 0 | 0 | 403,409 | 21,415.42 | 8,440,042 | 0.00727496 |
| 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.
