The Planet is Already Committed to a Dangerous Level of Warming

40 Pages·2011·4.05 MB·English

The Planet is Already Committed
to a Dangerous Level of Warming

Earth Has Only Realized
Temperature Threshold Range
1/3 of the
that Initiates the Climate-Tipping
Committed Warming -
Future Emissions
of Greenhouse Gases
Move Peak to the Right
Additional Warming
over 1750 Level
Courtesy: Larry Smarr
lsmarr.calit2.net
V. Ramanathan and Y. Feng, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
September 23, 2008
www.pnas.orgcgidoi10.1073pnas.0803838105
A Weekend in April 2009
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Participants
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Sustainability 2.0

DIMACS, September 2011
Presentation Courtesy: Steve Relyea, Larry Smarr, David Weil, Yuvraj Agarwal.
Electricity

Peak demands (MW)
With a daily population of over
Campus Quick Facts
45,000, UC San Diego is the size
City of San Diego
and complexity of a small city. 50
UC San Diego
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As a research and medical
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institution, we have a higher
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SDSU
consumption of energy than
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comparable communities.
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Campus Quick Facts
Square Feet of Facility Space
(in millions)
11 million sq. ft . of facility
UC San Diego
space, if we were a landlord,
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we would be one of the
City of San Diego
largest in San Diego
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Qualcomm
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Included in the daily SDSU
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population of 45,000, we
have over 8,000 student
residents living on campus
Campus Quick Facts
Annual Natural Gas

Consumption
(Million MMBtu)
UC San Diego uses natural
UC San Diego
gas to fuel its power plant.
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2.9

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In order to reduce our
1.5
dependence on natural gas,
SDSU
we are in the process of
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securing diverse sources of
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renewable energy City of SD
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Future Energy Costs and
Emissions Regulations
may Inhibit UCSD’S
Growth
Our Challenges
 Energy Intensive
Research University

 $1B of new buildings
every 5 years

 Severe Operating
Budget Reductions

 Restrictions from State
and University
Vision for the next level of sustainabiltity
UC San Diego
Sustainability 1.0
Sustainability 2.0