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Going Green: The College’s Journey to Becoming Sustainable

Going Green: The College’s Journey to Becoming Sustainable. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr. SUNY-ESF. 6/11/07 Leadership Summit Washington, DC. ESF Carbon Neutral by 2015. ESF Carbon Neutral by 2015 Climate Action Plan for SUNY ESF. August, 2009. Carbon Neutral by 2015. Gateway Building.

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Going Green: The College’s Journey to Becoming Sustainable

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  1. Going Green: The College’s Journey to Becoming Sustainable Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr. SUNY-ESF

  2. 6/11/07 Leadership SummitWashington, DC

  3. ESF Carbon Neutral by 2015 ESF Carbon Neutral by 2015 Climate Action Plan for SUNY ESF August, 2009

  4. Carbon Neutral by 2015

  5. Gateway Building

  6. Gateway Building

  7. Gateway Energy System Schematic

  8. Gateway Building Energy System System Output Thermal Output = 65% Campus Heating Needs (35,000+ MMBtu/yr) Electrical Output = 20% of Campus Electrical Needs (2,000+ MWh/yr) Environmental Impact = 22% Reduction in Carbon Footprint (2,700 MTCO2e/yr)

  9. Gateway Building Energy System Economics System Cost: $3.2 Million Annual Savings: $336,000 Grants & Incentives: $1,485,000 15 Year Net Present Value: $1.5 Million

  10. Academic/Research Building

  11. Forest Carbon Sequestration

  12. All Projects 2007-2015

  13. Fuel Mix Trend

  14. Emission Wedges Timeline

  15. Economic Analysis

  16. Other Initiatives on the Horizon • Pilot Biomass Pellet Plants • ESF is researching the viability of constructing a series of biomass pellet projects in Upstate New York. • Objectives include: • Research, demonstration, and testing grounds for pellets made from various sources of biomass that can be locally produced (willow shrubs, switch grass, agricultural residue, industrial residue, woody biomass) • Successful community-scale biomass production & end-use. • Local, campus owned source of pellets to fuel ESF biomass CHP units.

  17. Existing Renewable Energy Projects Campus use of biofuels Student Biofuels Co-op (SU/ESF) 250KW Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Gasification of woody biomass Photovoltaic projects (16 KW, 23 KW and 3- 25 KW) Wind turbine applications (vertical axis and horizontal axis) Ranger School wood chip boiler

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