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Duke’s Journey to Carbon Neutrality
A series on Duke’s emission reduction efforts
Duke Celebrates a Milestone
Duke Chapel lit up green for Earth Day 2024. Photo from University Communications & Marketing.
Duke Vice President and Vice Provost Toddi Steelman (center) visits a tree nursery in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where Duke has been partnering with indigenous groups to create carbon offset credits. Photo by Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
Centralizing Duke's air conditioning in three chiller plants like this one has saved 10 percent on electricity bills. Photo by Bill Snead
Solar panels atop the Nicholas School of Environment's Grainger Hall. Duke will be using 50 percent renewable electricity in 2025 when three new off-campus solar installations come online. Photo by Bill Snead
About Carbon Neutrality Pledge
Then Duke president Richard Brodhead toured the brand new Smart Home on campus in October 2007, not long after signing the Presidents' Climate Commitment. Photo by Tom Rose, Smart Home
Seventeen Years of Effort to Cut Emissions and Raise Efficiency
