Case Study
On The Road To Climate Neutrality
statistical discovery . From sas. TM CUSTOMER BRIEF on the road to climate Neutrality Researcher assesses a university’s carbon footprint using JMP ® statistical discovery software from SAS When Chancellor James Moeser signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in 2006, he pledged that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill would become climate neutral – meaning no net greenhouse gas emissions – by 2050. The first step of any improvement methodology is to find out where you currently stand, and for the university that means a comprehensive inventory of the greenhouse gases it was emit- ting – no small feat for an institution with the demands and dimensions of a vibrant midsize city. As of the begin- ning of the 2008-09 scho