combined with utility data and emissions calculations, indicated that the
average annual carbon footprint was a relatively modest 3.84 tons of CO2 equivalent per student, with
65% attributable to daily life, 20% to transportation, and 15% to academic activities like studying. The top
three individual uses were dining (34%), showering (18%), and dorm electricity loads (14%). Men, graduate
students, and students from metropolitan areas had higher footprints than women, undergraduates,
and students from rural areas and small towns