Energy Awareness

Energy Awareness

Campus Carbon Footprint
Image of the Steam Plant at dusk. Photo credit: Ken Scar of University Relations

Over ten years ago Clemson University took the initiative to quantify the carbon footprint of our main camps operations on a fiscal year basis. Attempting to capture all contributions to that footprint, we began collecting data on not only electricity and natural gas use, but also fertilizer, livestock, paper, and university travel.