The PEARS lab has begun to track CO2 emissions for conference-related travel of the lab members. Here are some statistics for 2024:
- Took 6 trips to attend conferences
- In total, 7 lab members attended conferences
- Locations: 2 in North America, 1 in Europe, 3 in Asia
- Estimated CO2 emissions: 29.9 tons
Attending conferences is very valuable to our lab members, but we recognized that each flight has nonnegligible climate-changing emissions. To mitigate emissions, we target conferences in Asia or with virtual options. Additionally, Prof. Katherine Kim personally purchases a tree-planting certificate to offset some of the emission from lab-related travel. To offset the emissions from 2024, a certificate for planting 500 trees was purchased through Ecosia (certificate shown below). The PEARS Lab is committed to reducing emission from our activities and operations while conducting high-quality research on power electronics for a sustainable future.
