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Feasibility Study
CalCAP’s mission is to develop a strategy and implementation methods for significantly reducing UC Berkeley’s GHG footprint without compromising its functions. Three key goals of the CalCAP feasibility study were to create a carbon emissions inventory for campus activities, to identify greenhouse gas mitigation projects, to assess the financial feasibility of emissions reductions through various campus initiatives, and to create an institutional model for emissions reduction.
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Feasibility Study 1 (Oct 06 – March 07) Results:
With consideration of the GHG inventory and evaluation of identified emissions reduction efforts, UC Berkeley can make a firm commitment to reach 1990 emissions levels by year 2014. To accomplish this, UC Berkeley would:
- Use aggregate emissions targets as a metric in campus communication and planning.
- First implement infrastructure-related emissions reduction projects, starting with the most cost effective (i.e., highest $/ MTCO2e ) projects, and then use the savings from those projects to invest in additional projects or to purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs).
- Focus on identifying additional cost-effective GHG mitigation opportunities on campus, such as energy efficiency.
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Detailed information about the Feasibility Study is availabe here, and in the Final Report:
Feasibility Study Final Report
Acknowledgements
The CalCAP Team is indebted to the following people for their ongoing support, guidance and expertise for this initiative.
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Administration and Staff: |
Cathy Koshland, Nathan Brostrom, Ed Denton, Judy Chess, Sarah Nathe, Paul Black, Chris Jones, Greg Haet, Tim Pine, Mark Freiberg, Lisa Bauer, Eric Robinson |
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Faculty: |
Dan Kammen, Arpad Horvath, Chris Rosen, Bill Nazaroff, Alex Farrell |
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Students: |
Vi Do, Kristen Durham, Ryan Firestone, Jessica Huang, Timothy Huang, Sally Maki, Anna Motschenbacher, Aaron Parsons, and Jennifer Stokes |
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