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 2 Participants 3 4 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 48 40 45 30 As a research and medical Qualcomm institution, we have a higher 20 SDSU consumption of energy than 10 comparable communities. 13 15 0 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, 11 we would be one of the City of San Diego largest in San Diego 8 Qualcomm 6 Included in the daily SDSU 5 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. 3 2.9 2.5 2 In order to reduce our 1.5 dependence on natural gas, SDSU we are in the process of Qualcomm 1 securing diverse sources of .96 renewable energy City of SD 0.5 .70 .45 0 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
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