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The University of Georgia is home to over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, as well as over 450 buildings. The large population gives the school potential to harm the environment on a large scale just from its day-to-day operations, so making sustainable practices are consequential. Several campus operations have made recent changes in energy use, dining hall waste and transportation in an effort to reduce UGAâs environmental footprint.Â
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A critical component of UGAâs overall environmental footprint is energy consumption. According to UGAâs 2019 Energy Primer, UGAâs main campus and health sciences campus purchased more than 300 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, making it Georgia Powerâs largest customer in northeast Georgia. This represents an increase of 4.7% in energy consumption over the past decade and cost UGA $16.2 million in 2019.