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The University of Colorado at Boulder has reduced total energy use by 23 percent and stabilized carbon emissions at 2005 levels even though the campus has grown by 14 percent, or about 1.5 million square feet in facilities, since that time, a new report shows.

"We are proud of these achievements and they show CU-Boulder is committed to cutting carbon emissions and energy costs while serving a growing population and increasing research capacity," said Frank Bruno, vice chancellor for administration.

"Our shrinking environmental footprint is the result of a robust and aggressive energy conservation program, a commitment to state-of-the-art 聭green' construction and renovations, and progressively 聭greener' electricity supplied by Xcel Energy and used on campus," he said.

CU-Boulder's conservation efforts also are a move toward fulfilling Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter's executive orders to decrease fuel consumption by 25 percent, energy and paper use by 20 percent, water use by 10 percent, and to incorporate zero-waste operations statewide by 2012.

"The possibility of achieving the governor's goals by 2012 is the direct result of a very engaged campus community in all aspects of conservation, and the strong commitment of facilities planners, engineers, project managers and operations staff," said Moe Tabrizi, CU-Boulder's energy conservation officer.

"Those staff have redoubled their focus on 聭green' and sustainable construction, as well as the implementation of dozens of major conservation projects during the past few years," he said.

The CU-Boulder report was filed late last week in accordance with the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, of which CU-Boulder has been a signatory since 2006.

Data for the report were compiled by the CU-Boulder Environmental Center in close cooperation with CU-Boulder Facilities Management, Xcel Energy and the Governor's Energy Office.

"Stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions is the first step toward our goal of carbon neutrality," said Dave Newport, director of the CU-Boulder Environmental Center. "Our next step is a 20 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2020, and the results reported last week confirm that the numerous efforts and leadership by all members of the campus community have put us on the path to attaining that goal."

According to the report, CU-Boulder's carbon footprint is comparatively small and significantly below the typical carbon emissions profile of peer institutions across the nation.

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