Oregon State University
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The Oregon State University Sustainability Office recently released its FY2024 greenhouse gas report(Link downloads document), showing that the university reduced its total gross emissions statewide by 0.98% from the previous year. The university has reduced its per-square-foot emissions by nearly half since 2008, including a drop of 6.5% per 1,000 square feet of building space from FY23 to FY24.
“We’ve added a lot of space in the last 15-16 years, and our per-square-foot emissions are down 49.2% since 2008,” said Brandon Trelstad, OSU sustainability officer. “As we bring on more buildings, we have more square footage, but our energy use does not proportionately scale up, meaning our buildings that are less than 20 years old are often more efficient.”
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