3. Results
3.1. Overall results
The total CF of NTNU was calculated to be 92 kilotons of CO2
equivalents for the year 2009. This includes the emissions from all
operational expenditures and activities in addition to the CF
resulting from investments. Some key results regarding NTNU, also
relating them to the CF found, is illustrated in Table 2.
Normalization of the results per student and per employee
reveal some interesting findings. From Larsen and Hertwich
(2010a), we find the total CF of an average Norwegian citizen to
be approximately 15 tons of CO2 equivalents, using a earlier version
of the model applied here. The NTNU numbers hence indicate that
for students, the CF resulting from the higher education provided to
them, 4.6 tons per student, is a very significant part of their total CF.
For employees, a CF of 16.7 tons indicates that the average
employee is responsible for approximate as much emissions
through their job at NTNU as they are through their private life,
although this of course varies widely with different positions.
Note that these employee related perspectives are not strictly
comparable, as the NTNU CF is an upstream contributor to the total
CF of the average Norwegian, hence double counted. Furthermore,
a CF of 0.05 kg CO2 equivalents per NOK (Norwegian currency; 7.8
NOK ¼ 1 Euro) indicates that the university has a cleaner mix of