Progress towards MIT's Greenhouse Gas Goal 2019
A report by the MIT Office of Sustainability and the MIT Department of Facilities
Progress towards MIT's Greenhouse Gas Goal 2019
Two page information handout on progress to MIT's GHG goals in 2019.
In 2019, MIT continued to advance toward its goal of a minimum 32% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. Overall net emissions are 18% below our 2014 baseline as on-campus greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from 2018 levels. This 2% increase in 2019 was in part driven by growth in campus size—including the first fully operational year for MIT.nano—local weather, and the use of specialty research gases. Investments in energy efficiency projects offset a portion of the growth in energy demand.
