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Energy
The Greenhouse Gas Inventory, conducted by the
California Energy Commission, states that electric power generation accounts for 22% of the State's carbon emissions.
AB 32, California's Global Warming Solutions Act, requires the State to reduce its carbon emissions to 80% of 1990 levels by 2050, to accomplish this CSU will have to both double or triple energy efficiency, and generate and purchase renewable energy.
CSU is currently focusing on campus efficiency projects, which cost between $800 and $2,000 for every metric ton avoided, making them the most cost effective option. A one-time $100 million investment in efficiency would achieve 33% of our goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 160,000 metric tons by 2020.
The Board of Trustees has set a goal for the CSU to increase on campus renewable generation from the current 4.9 MW to 10 MW by 2014. CSU is already well on its way to meet this goal.
11%, or 78 million kilowatt-hours, of the electricity CSU purchases is from renewable sources. The EPA has ranked CSU as the 4th largest College or University purchaser of renewable energy.
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Last Updated: June 19, 2007
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