Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.71
Liaison Bridget Flynn
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2012
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Oberlin College
PAE-5: Climate Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Colin Koffel
Environmental Sustainability Fellow
Office of Environmental Sustainability
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Does the institution have a plan to mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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A brief summary of the climate plan’s long-term goals:
Oberlin College was the first of our peers to sign the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment. The college has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2025. Strategies include increase the energy efficiency of the campus, increasing our use of renewable electricity, and transitioning away from our predominantly coal-fired central heating plant.

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A brief summary of the climate plan’s short-term goals:
Oberlin College has established interim emission-reduction targets of 45% by 2015 and 65% by 2020.

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Year the climate plan was formally adopted or approved:
2,009

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The website URL where information about the climate plan is available:
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