Carbon Footprint of University-Managed Travel During 2008 Fiscal Year

Alex ClarkStephen Feinberg

Mark HensonJanna Lambson

Kharel Thompson

Introduction

Last Year’s Model

• University-managed travel previously campus air travel

• Subsectors: Athletic and Study Abroad air travel

• “The overall trend in air travel shows that the emissions in this sector have gone slightly up but also have been relatively constant since 1990”

• Study abroad had a much bigger impact on emissions than athletic air travel

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New Approach

• Focus on all forms of non-repetitive Washington University-managed travel, including road vehicles

• Include data for all faculty/staff plane trips during the 2008 fiscal year

Population - Energy/Goods Consumption– Materials Flow - Emissions

SUV/Truck

Bus

Metro

Electric

Hydrogen

Carbon

PMTFuels (FM), j

Emission (EM), k

Diesel

CarPop

Gas

ai=1Fraction of PMT

bi

VMT/PMT

djk

Emission/Fuel-

Activity

Train

SUV/Truck

Bus

Metro

Car

Train

VMT

cij

Fuel/VMT

Students

Faculty

Staff

Athletics

Study Abroad

Student Group Activities

Conferences

Sabbaticals

Plane Plane

Mode of Transportation

Off-Campus Research

GuestsSpeeches/Presentations

Campus-Wide Events

Results