Strategies for Sustainability at UVA

All data used in the IEFT were gathered by either UVA Facilities Management, Dining, or Health System operations. The data were entered into the IEFT for calendar year 2016 to calculate the GHG, N, P, and W footprints simultaneously (see Supplementary Table S1).
In order to achieve these reduction goals, UVA has written two relevant action plans outlining strategies to reduce these footprints: the Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (2017) and the Nitrogen Action Plan (2019) (Table 2). The aim of these action plans is to outline strategies the university will implement by 2025 in order to meet environmental sustainability goals. All strategies evaluated in this study were derived from these action plans. The column on the left describe the strategies listed while the two columns on the right indicate whether or not the strategy is included in each plan: Y (yes, it is included) or N (no, it is not included). More information on individual scenario improvements can be found in Supplementary Table S2.