 |
Energy Conservation
Guides
|
|
|
|
Annual University at Buffalo Energy Consumption (2000-2001):
(both campuses)
|
 |
Electricity -- 204,000,000 kwh |
|
|
Natural Gas -- 480,000 mcf |
|
|
Coal -- 1,700 tons |
This amount of energy is equivalent to a 100 watt light bulb burning for over 400,000 years (or annual consumption for nearly 50,000 households)
Campus energy consumption is responsible for the following estimated annual energy-related air pollution emissions:
|
|
500 tons of acid rain-producing sulfur dioxide |
|
|
700 tons of acid rain and smog-producing nitrogen oxides |
|
|
200,000 tons of global warming enhancing carbon dioxide |
These numbers might be 40 to 50% higher if not for campus energy conservation efforts.
It would take 40 square miles of trees (the same area as the City of Buffalo) to "fix" or remove the carbon in 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
|
|
|
