Energy, Climate and Transportation

Our Goal: Strive for carbon neutrality at Tri-C by increasing energy efficiency, exploring renewable energy options, and reducing the College’s transportation footprint.

Progress to date:

Tri-C provides a free RTA U-Pass to registered and paid credit students to encourage the use of mass transit.
Tri-C encourages employees to bike because it can benefit health and wellness, and to commute by bike if possible to reduce pollution. Most of Tri-C’s campuses have bike racks – select the campus link of your choice to see a map which includes bike rack locations: Metro, Western, Eastern, Westshore and the District Office.
Tri-C’s greenhouse gas inventory helps assess the impacts of operations and identify opportunities for improvement. Starting in FY21, Tri-C is sourcing nuclear electricity, which produces no greenhouse gases (GHG). Prior to this, electricity generation was responsible for about half of the College’s GHG inventory.

Plant Operations staff work to ensure Tri-C’s buildings operate efficiently.

Information Technology Services’ hardware upgrades have improved the energy efficiency of Tri-C’s network and servers.

A 5.376 kilowatt solar electric array at the Advanced Automotive Technology Center at Western Campus generates approximately 6,100 kWh of clean electricity annually and shades an electric vehicle charging station.

State of the art equipment installed in Tri-C’s data center takes advantage of outside temperatures to reduce cooling costs and energy use.

Past energy efficiency projects include:

LED lighting retrofits
Boiler and chiller replacements
Building air conditioning system optimizations

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