Sewanee - The University of the South
PAE-5: Climate Action Plan

Sewanee passed a climate action plan upon the signing of the President's Climate Commitment in 2008. Then we plan to advance the rest of the way to carbon neutrality with a combination of electrical energy generation from biomass and carbon sequestration in Sewanee forests (some achieved by the new protection of lands vulnerable to development and some achieved by management practices that increase CO2 sequestration rates). We will muster wood from a variety of sources, notably from our own 13,000 acres, to achieve the quantity necessary to produce the necessary electricity production. We will work with our energy suppliers to seek partnerships that allow us to overcome barriers of distribution system ownership and connection.

We plan to achieve carbon neutrality through a combination of several actions. First, we plan to reduce our carbon emissions by 10% or more through energy conservation and similar changes to our other emissions sources. We will reduce some carbon emissions by generating renewable energy on campus from individual building PV solar and perhaps wind, as opportunities arise.