About

As Penn’s oldest school and home of the Earth and Environmental Sciences, as well as numerous energy research centers, Arts & Sciences Sustainability has a strong drive to lead by example in many areas of sustainability, foremost energy and carbon reduction. In early 2017, SAS Sustainability undertook the task of creating the School’s first Carbon Inventory. A University-wide carbon inventory was undertaken with the writing of Penn’s initial Climate Action Plan in 2009, but SAS was the first individual school to take an in-depth look at our carbon. SAS has updated this inventory for FY19, and is committed to doing so every 3 years.  Much like the University-wide carbon inventory, SAS’ intent is to determine the changing sources of the School’s carbon emissions and inform decisions on ways to reduce those emissions that ultimately contribute to the University’s goal of carbon reduction to the point of neutrality.

The SAS Carbon Inventory examines institutional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from three specific categories within the emission scopes: building (electricity, steam, chilled water), van fleet and air travel.

 

FY19 Carbon Emissions: Building, Van Fleet, Air Travel

For further information, please refer to the full SAS Carbon Inventory for Fiscal Year 2016 and the full SAS Carbon Inventory for Fiscal Year 2019.