CUMC's 2010 Annual Energy Consumption

Across our six main Research Buildings, CUMC has the following consumption statistics:

• 79,200,000 kWh
• 1,150,000 therms of natural gas
• 10,000 gallons of #2 oil
• 270,000 Mlb of steam
• 50,000 MMBTU of district chilled water
• 54,000 metric tons of CO2e

Consumption Breakdown by Fuel

Consumption Breakdown by Cost

Consumption Breakdown by Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To put these numbers in perspective, according to the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator…

CUMC’s annual electricity consumption is equivalent to:
The annual greenhouse gas emissions from 10,359 passenger vehicles
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Emissions from energy use in 4,611 homes for one year
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Carbon sequestered annually by 11,552 acres of pine or fir forests