ACUPCC Reporting System

Climate Action Plan for Augsburg College

Submitted on September 28, 2010; last updated on September 28, 2010

Climate Action Plan Details

Climate Action Plan Climate Action Plan
September 27, 2010
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Emissions Targets

Climate Neutrality Target
2019
If you have any qualifying statements with regard to the climate neutrality target date, please include them here, and/or if you have chosen "TBD" and not specified a neutrality date, please enter the reason and explain the process for establishing a target date in the future.

Our 2019 target date is contingent on our ability to create and finance projects that will result in reducing our carbon footprint.

Interim Milestone Emission-Reduction Target Target Date Baseline
40% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2010 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
60% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2012 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
100% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2019 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
Nonstandard Emissions Targets
Please enter below any targets that do not fit into the above format.

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Narratives

Please describe your institution's greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

The milestones above show a likely decline in our green house gas emissions in the next 9 years. The first 40% is the result of purchasing Windsource energy from Xcel for all buildings on campus already in place. The next 20% will be the result of conservation measures and the implementation of a new energy maintenance system and the final 40 percent will be the result of replacing the existing steam heating system with a renewable source and the purchase of enery offsets for any remainining emissions.

Please describe your institution's plans to make sustainability a part of the curriculum for all students.

We will continue to familiarize all faculty, staff and students to the importance of achieving climate neutrality through public events; encouraging sustainability discussions and projects in all classes; promoting student campus activism around sustainablity issues and facilitating sustainability projects for faculty, students and staff.

Please describe your institution's plans to expand research efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

We will continue to promote campus research into the production and use of bio-fuels on campus including the Mcgyan Process developed by our students, faculty and McNeff Research Consultants. We will hire outside consultants to research and then propose the most effective way to heat and cool an urban campus using biofuels or other methods that will reduce our carbon footprint substantially. Additional research into the effective application of wind power and solar power in urban settings will be encouraged.

Please describe your institution's plans to expand community outreach efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

Our community outreach will primarily be through educating the general public about the why and how of our path to carbon neutrality. Methods will include more informative web pages, speaker events open to the public and progress reports to adjacent neighborhood groups and businesses.