Below, we detail U.S. Engineering’s carbon footprint and show you how we calculated it.
5,068 CO2 e tons
4,897 CO2 e tons
(3% reduction)
5,676 CO2 e tons
(11% increase from 2019 baseline)
4,866 CO2 e tons
(7.6% reduction from 2019 baseline)
We determined these totals by measuring our GHG in emission scopes, which are the three main categories GHG are measured in.
Direct on-site emissions (usually due to burning fuels) in facilities or by fleet vehicles
Direct emissions associated with electricity purchases for facilities
Emissions from value chain related to all other company activities (not directly controlled by the company itself)
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant changes in USE operations between March 2020 and June 2021. We wanted to understand how these changes affected our GHG emissions and compare them against a period of normal operations.
Therefore, USE established 2019 as the baseline year and will base our initial sustainability report on emissions measured over calendar years 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Year-to-year breakdown
2022 by percentage
Fuel consumption of U.S. Engineering fleet vehicles continues to be the largest contribution (54% of the company total). Our fleet traveled over 3.1 million miles in 2022, evenly split among the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Our Rocky Mountain Region operations accounted for 52% of the total fleet mileage.
Facility emissions result in the next highest source of emissions at 34% of the total, with purchased electricity at 21% and natural gas usage at 13%.
Team member business travel at 6% and product transportation at 6% make up the remainder of USE’s emissions profile.