Carbon Inventory

Climate neutrality is defined as having no net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, to be achieved by minimizing GHG emissions as much as possible, and using carbon offsets or other measures to mitigate the remaining emissions (President’s Climate Commitment, 2009).

Franklin Pierce has finished its 2007 Carbon Inventory. A summary is shown below, based on the Clean Air-Cool Planet Carbon Calculator. 
 

Metric Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents (mTeCO2 )
	Electricity	3637
	Oil	1851
	Propane	996
	Transportation	232
	Student commuters	161
	Faculty/staff commuters	1264
	Air travel	347
	Solid waste	85
	Refrigerants	69
mT of carbon taken in by FP forests per year: 462	Total	8642