
Overview Sustainability Working Group Land & Buildings Land Use Planning and Campus Design Conservation of the Natural Environment Capital Planning and Building Environment and Energy Building Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station Green Dorm Residential & Dining Enterprises Transportation Water Conservation Energy Energy at Stanford BigFix Power Management CO2 Recycling Recycling at Stanford Buying Green Environmental Health & Safety Student Groups Environment & Sustainability Initiative Precourt Institute Initiative on Environment & Sustainability Like all research universities, Stanford is facing the challenge of growth in the energy intensive science fields while reducing CO2 emissions.

Land & Buildings

Land Use Planning and Campus Design

Conservation of the Natural Environment

Capital Planning and Building

Environment and Energy Building

Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station

Green Dorm

Residential & Dining Enterprises

Transportation

Water Conservation

Energy

Energy at Stanford

BigFix Power Management

CO2

Recycling

Recycling at Stanford

Buying Green

Environmental Health & Safety

Student Groups

Environment & Sustainability Initiative

Precourt Institute
Initiative on Environment & Sustainability

Like all research universities, Stanford is facing the challenge of growth in the energy intensive science fields while reducing CO2 emissions.


CO₂ According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, generation of electricity remains the single largest source of air pollution in the United States. Even natural gas, the "cleanest" fossil fuel and Stanford University's primary energy source, causes damage to the environment when it is extracted, transported, and burned. In addition to pollutants such as sulfur dioxides, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates, natural gas combustion releases carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas contributing to global climate change. Like all research universities, Stanford is facing the challenge of growth in the energy intensive science fields while reducing CO2 emissions. In December 2006, Stanford joined the California Climate Action Registry and is currently undertaking an inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions. The university expects to publish the results of its greenhouse gas inventory in August 2007. Following the completion of this study, the Sustainability Working Group will be recommending targets to reduce carbon emissions and strategies to meet those targets.

CO₂

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, generation of electricity remains the single largest source of air pollution in the United States. Even natural gas, the "cleanest" fossil fuel and Stanford University's primary energy source, causes damage to the environment when it is extracted, transported, and burned. In addition to pollutants such as sulfur dioxides, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates, natural gas combustion releases carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas contributing to global climate change.

Like all research universities, Stanford is facing the challenge of growth in the energy intensive science fields while reducing CO2 emissions. In December 2006, Stanford joined the California Climate Action Registry and is currently undertaking an inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions. The university expects to publish the results of its greenhouse gas inventory in August 2007. Following the completion of this study, the Sustainability Working Group will be recommending targets to reduce carbon emissions and strategies to meet those targets.