In 2007 St. John's became a 2030 Challenge partner in New York City's PlaNYC 2030. We pledged to reduce our carbon emissions by 30% by 2017. In 2008 we were honored with a "Gold Star" due to the fact that we accelerated our pledge to reduce our carbon emissions by 30% by 2017.
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In order to uphold our agreement St. John's updates their Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory every year to measure the amount of pollution on campus, and this helps us develop carbon reduction plans. We have undergone and continue to implement many different energy projects which will help us reach our goal of 30% carbon emissions reduction.
Many of the energy projects include retrocomissioning, which is a process that seeks to improve how already existing building equipment and systems function together. Some projects include measurement verification, which is when we determine the potential amount of energy saved by a project and how much money actually will be saved.