Environmental Indicators

• Use of thermal energy per square foot has been relatively steady, except for 2003-04 due to Science Center and Blanchard renvovation and reoccupation.
• Increases in electricity use from 1997-2002 show impact of additional air conditioning. Use declines in past three years reflect conservation efforts.
• Cogeneration was installed in 1986 and provides 6-8% of annual electrical needs.

• Overall rise in emissions caused by growth of the campus (by over 70,000 square feet).
• In 2004 College adopted goals established by the New England Regional Governors' and Eastern Canadian Premiers' Regional Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and to 10%  below 1990 levels by 2020.
• Energy recovery and conservation efforts have reduced levels from the peak in 2003, we remain 16% above the 2010 goal.

• MHC has had an active recycling program since the early 1990's.
• Materials recycled include paper and carboard, bottles and cans, scrap metal, furniture, electronics, batteries and printer cartridges, flourescent lights and books. Food waste from the dining halls and landscape debris are composted.
• Not included in these numbers are construction debris, which is recycled, and Equestrian Center waste, which is composted. Both are excluded because their volume would mask the variability of the other discards.

• "Basic Discards" includes all of the paper, cardboard, bottles & cans, and Routine trash (the trash from dumpsters around campus).
• It does not include trash from "bulky waste" roll-offs or construction roll-offs.

• Maintaining natural areas on campus (woodlands, open space, wetlands) is an important component of our role as environmental stewards.
• Contiguous campus contains 716 acres in South Hadley and Granby.
• Leased category includes The Village Commons and The Orchards Golf Course.
• Impervious category includes all campus building and surrounding terraces, roads, sidewalks and parking lots.
• Miscellaneous category includes town roads and other areas not controlled by the College or its lessees.

• Capturing and treating storm water to remove sediments is important in maintaining and restoring the health of Upper and Lower Lakes and Stony Brook.
• Prior to 2001, we did not treat any captured storm water. Currently, we treat 22% of the captured storm water.
• These figures apply to the central campus and do not include The Village Commons, The Orchards Golf Course or the undeveloped areas of Prospect Hill and Long's Farm.