Moving Duke to A Clean Future – An Approach through Electric Vehicles
Abstract
Duke’s 2009 Climate Action Plan (CAP) has committed Duke to a carbon-neutral institution
by 2024. In a recent update version published in 2019, Duke’s CAP focused on internal
emission reduction strategies, especially on energy usage and transportation, to make
sure Duke University strives to reduce emissions by 78% by 2024 compared to the 2007
baseline. Additionally, the updated plan showed that only transportation emission
went up by 24% in 2019 compared to the 2007 baseline, especially the emission from
employees’ commuting. Therefore, Sustainable Duke initiated this study to explore
the potential of cutting transportation-related emissions from employees’ commuting
by electrifying employee-owned vehicles. The results of the study show that Duke University
can cut up to 17% of emission if implemented suggested incentive programs, and it
is necessary to install additional EV charging infrastructure on campus.
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Master's projectSubject
Electric VehiclesDuke's Climate Action Plan
Sustainability
Commuting Emissions
EV Charging Infrastructure
Incentive Programs
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Zhang, Xin; & Zhu, Yuchen (2020). Moving Duke to A Clean Future – An Approach through Electric Vehicles. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20455.Collections
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