Greenhouse Gas Inventory

On November 3, 2009, the University of Texas Austin was one of six recipients of the Global District Energy Climate Award presented by the International Energy Agency at an international meeting attended by delegates from 27 countries. Read more.

The City of Austin Climate Protection Program launched an online Carbon Footprint Calculator on January 17 to help residential customers determine the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by their daily activities, including energy and water use, waste, modes of transportation and types of food consumed.

Customers can automatically download their electricity, water, wastewater and solid waste information into the application by simply entering their utility bill account number. Along with their carbon footprint score, users can learn practical ways to reduce their emissions throughout the year and participate in a social networking forum, offering open communication about climate change between concerned citizens.

During his visit to UT in March 2009, Josh Skov gave several presentations about the UT Greenhouse Gas Inventory conducted by Good Company.  These have been consolidated into a single presentation that gives an overview of the context for measuring carbon footprints, findings of UT’s inventory, and topics for future study.

Josh Skov’s greenhouse gas inventory presentation will be coming to this blog soon! The presentation gives highlights of the inventory. Details of the inventory are in the report.

In 2008, Campus Planning and Facilites Management (CPFM) contracted with Good Company, a research and consulting firm, to perform a greenhouse gas inventory for both the Main and J.J. Pickle Research (PRC) campuses.  Please take this opportunity to review and comment on UT’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory (PDF)
Rev. 03/05/2009.