[University Name]’s Goal Participants create a baseline carbon emissions [University Name]’s Carbon Emissions inventory, which measures emissions levels in Inventory their base year, ultimately displaying their completed its current carbon [University Name] progression in moving towards the NYC Carbon emissions inventory for the NYC Carbon Challenge goal. Based on this inventory, Challenge for Based on this [Current Year]. [University Name] will reduce its [Base Year] inventory, [University Name] has reduced its carbon intensity of carbon intensity by [Carbon Intensity in Base [Reduction in Carbon Year] pounds per foot by [30%/50%] to [Carbon Intensity] and reduced its energy use intensity by by See Intensity for Challenge Goal] [End Year]. [Reduction in Energy Use Intensity]. below for a summary of [University Name]’s progress. [University Name]’s Carbon Emissions Reduction, [Base Year] [Current Year] – [University Name]’s Energy Use Reduction, [Base Year] [Current Year] – [University Name]’s Carbon and Energy Use Intensity Reduction, [Base Year] [Current Year] – Factors Affecting [Current Year] Inventory to be unusually cold and long. These exogenous If applicable, please explain factors that events put increased strain on City Hall contributed to your emissions and/or energy University’s heating system, requiring extra use reductions such as new construction or heating fuel demand than normal, and thus demolition. negatively affected the university’s carbon emissions. Exogenous Impacts Exogenous factors can significantly impact Please feel free to add more information about building-level energy use and therefore affect the impact of your reduction. EPA’s GHG City Hall University’s progress in the NYC Carbon Equivalencies Calculator may be useful: Challenge. The winter of 2014 and 2015, proved
[University Name]’s Goal Participants create a baseline carbon emissions inventory, which measures emissions levels in their base year, ultimately displaying their progression in moving towards the NYC Carbon Challenge goal. Based on this inventory, [University Name] will reduce its [Base Year] carbon intensity of [Carbon Intensity in Base Year] pounds per foot by [30%/50%] to [Carbon Intensity for Challenge Goal] by [End Year]. [University Name]’s Carbon Emissions Inventory [University Name] completed its current carbon emissions inventory for the NYC Carbon Challenge for [Current Year]. Based on this inventory, [University Name] has reduced its carbon intensity by [Reduction in Carbon Intensity] and reduced its energy use intensity by [Reduction in Energy Use Intensity]. See below for a summary of [University Name]’s progress. [University Name]’s Carbon Emissions Reduction, [Base Year] – [Current Year] [University Name]’s Energy Use Reduction, [Base Year] – [Current Year] [University Name]’s Carbon and Energy Use Intensity Reduction, [Base Year] – [Current Year] Factors Affecting [Current Year] Inventory If applicable, please explain factors that contributed to your emissions and/or energy use reductions such as new construction or demolition. Exogenous Impacts Exogenous factors can significantly impact building-level energy use and therefore affect City Hall University’s progress in the NYC Carbon Challenge. The winter of 2014 and 2015, proved to be unusually cold and long. These exogenous events put increased strain on City Hall University’s heating system, requiring extra heating fuel demand than normal, and thus negatively affected the university’s carbon emissions. Please feel free to add more information about the impact of your reduction. EPA’s GHG Equivalencies Calculator may be useful:
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