ACUPCC Reporting System

Climate Action Plan for University of Idaho

Submitted on January 19, 2010; last updated on January 19, 2010

Climate Action Plan Details

Climate Action Plan University of Idaho Climate Action Plan
September 15, 2009
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Emissions Targets

Climate Neutrality Target
2030
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.

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Interim Milestone Emission-Reduction Target Target Date Baseline
25% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2012 relative to baseline emissions in 2007
50% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2016 relative to baseline emissions in 2007
82% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2023 relative to baseline emissions in 2007
100% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2030 relative to baseline emissions in 2007
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.

This plan develops and overview and detailed project lists for each of our emissions sources by scope. The largest effort will need to focus on building higher efficiency buildings, since most of our emissions are related to building use. In addition to technology upgrades and management changes, many changes will need to be made in terms of individual behaviors which impact our emissions profile.

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

The Sustainable Idaho Initiative will offer minigrants to faculty to develop courses or parts of courses addressing climate change issues. In addition, the University of Idaho Sustainability Center is hosting a fall and spring climate teach in for the broader university community.

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

Sustainability is one of 7 themes the University has chosen to organize around; a major focus area of this effort is climate change. The exact shape of these plans is still being determined. Examples include a proposed Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts that involves 28 faculty from four colleges. This working group is working directly on problems associated with emissions from energy use and waste streams. We are also organizing research relevant to improving the efficiency of our steam plant operation.

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

Currently, we are providing support for the many bioenergy efforts in Idaho, conducting research on carbon sequestration in forests and rangelands, and are providing a credible resource for expertise related to studying climate change itself, as well as the many technologies and operational changes that will need to be made to reduce emissions and increase renewable energy production.