Comparing Institution Nitrogen Footprints: Metrics for Assessing and Tracking Environmental Impact.

ABSTRACT: When multiple institutions with strong sustainability initiatives use a new environmental impact assessment tool, there is an impulse to compare. The first seven institutions to calculate nitrogen footprints using the Nitrogen Footprint Tool have worked collaboratively to improve calculation methods, share resources, and suggest methods for reducing their footprints. This article compares those seven institutions' results to reveal the common and unique drivers of institution nitrogen footprints. The footprints were compared by scope and sector, and the results were normalized by multiple factors (e.g., population, amount of food served). The comparisons found many consistencies across the footprints, including the large contribution of food. The comparisons identified metrics that could b

SUBMITTER: Castner EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765843 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature