A decade of mobility : UNCG Outdoor Adventures transportation emissions analysis (FY2013-2022)
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Samantha K. Gaillard (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- John Stehlin
Abstract: Higher education institutions play a crucial role in society as hubs of research, activism, and awareness. There is a general recognition of how their operation influences greenhouse gas emissions due to the facilitation of often necessary variables such as energy consumption, transportation, waste generation, and resource-intensive research activities. Through efforts taken by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s (UNCG) Office of Sustainability, there is consistent tracking of emissions across campus through fragmented commitments to state and national organizations that recognize the efforts of higher education in sustainability. A more detailed purview of transportation within individual campus programs offers valuable insights to the university, shedding light on previously unexplored Scope 1 and 3 emissions. One program on UNCG’s campus that has more-than-average travel among staff and students is the Outdoor Adventures program, which offers adventure trips and events to students utilizing a fleet of vans traveling on- and off-campus. A 10-year transportation analysis of this program was conducted using historical data extracted from transportation archives, a survey distributed among students, and the Sustainability Indicator Management and Analysis Platform (SIMAP). The results provided insight into greenhouse gas emissions released and avoided through offering vanpooling options, in addition to a stated preference by students of their commuting trends. UNCG Outdoor Adventures has generated a baseline of emissions that contributes to their own sustainability initiatives and influences the university to adopt similar tracking techniques towards other programs on campus that have more-than-average transportation use.
A decade of mobility : UNCG Outdoor Adventures transportation emissions analysis (FY2013-2022)
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Keywords
- Emissions tracking, Higher education, Sustainability, Transportation, Vanpooling
- Subjects
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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