First Crack 102. Measuring Carbon Footprints with Tyler Patterson
May 31st, 2007 by 
Garrick Van Buren
Tyler Patterson just finished up a Masters Thesis project investigating adding all the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ campus energy sources into the Chicago Climate Exchange.
In this numbers and stats intensive conversation, we discuss:
- The methodology of the measuring the campus’ carbon footprint
- The economics of the carbon trading and energy efficiency
- The trade-offs in determining energy sources (fuel oil vs. coal vs. oat hulls vs. natural gas)
Listen to Measuring Carbon Footprints with Tyler Patterson [41 min].
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