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Key Objective: 21. Carbon Offsets for Massive Energy Users

Impose charges for carbon offsets in contracts with energy users of similar scope to Petascale.

Associated Metric

No metric specified for this objective

Explanation

"When the next contract is negotiated, the University will impose charges for the purchase of renewable energy at the National Petascale Computing Facility and on any new energy user of similar scope."

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Project History

  • 10/17/2022
    Below is an email from Serena Armendaris with Carbon Solutions Group:Hey Morgan, My name is Serena Armendaris and I work for a firm called Carbon Solutions Group (CSG). We specialize in environmental credits & projects for ESG claims and have...
  • 10/18/2020
    Applications are now being accepted for time on Blue Waters supercomputer. One of the world's most powerful computing systems, more than 16 million node-hours were allocated to campus projects over the last year. This is the final year of operations...