Australia's top-ranked university is accepting more responsibility for its environmental footprint as it zeros in on plans to eliminate its net carbon emissions. The says it has already achieved zero net emissions from electricity use after installing enough solar panels to power 650 houses, and saving enough electricity to power another 820 homes by upgrading its lighting, ventilation, heating and cooling systems. Meanwhile it has acknowledged accountability for a vastly enlarged swathe of greenhouse gases by broadening its estimates to include 'scope 3' emissions produced by facilities that it does not own or control, through largely off-site activities such as consultancies, business travel, staff commuting and advertising.

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