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photo of graph - campus CO2 reductions

Clean Power Generation

Fuel Sources
• Increasing use of renewable energy
• Reducing usage of coal

Production Efficiency
• Equipment & operations efficiency optimization
• Demand shifting and demand limiting

Use of Technology
• Emission controls technology
• Monitoring, measurement, and verification

Distribution Efficiency
• Utilities distribution systems reconditioning
• Aggressive steam trap maintenance program
 

   Accomplishments

• Chiller replacement project at WSHP will save $1.5 million & 5,000 tons of CO2 emission annually

• A comprehensive study to replace coal with biomass based fuels at CSHP is underway

• Per Governor Doyle’s executive order, 10% of campus electricity is purchased from wind power

• Campus burns 28% less coal due to a legal settlement reducing 20,000 tons of CO2 annually

• An aggressive repair & energy conservation program is under way for the campus utilities distribution systems
 
   

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