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Performance Data
Collecting corporate-wide footprint data is a strategic priority because it enables us to
- Understand the collective impacts of IFC's business operations
- Inform the future strategy of the Footprint Program, including the establishment of corporate goals and targets
- Learn as we address similar issues in our various country offices
Since 2002, we have collected footprint data for our headquarters in Washington, DC, which is our largest facility and where more than half of our staff is located. In 2007, 49 percent of our country offices — including the 20 largest — collected base-line footprint data. We are using the results of this exercise to strengthen our methodology so that we can more accurately report on our corporate-wide footprint.
Below is a summary of footprint data from our Washington DC operations since 2003.
 | UNIT | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Office Information for IFC Headquarters (Washington, DC) |
| Workstations | wkstn | 2330 | 2260 | 2160 | 2040 |
| Percent of IFC staff at DC office | Percent of total IFC staff | 49% | 52% | 56% | 57% |
| Gross building size | Square feet (f2 ) | 1,138,000 |
| Rentable space | Square feet (f2 ) | 803,536 |
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| Energy use |
| Total electricity use | kWh | 18,103,362 | 17,187,444 | 16,027,187 | 16,939,569 |
| Electricity use per workstation | kWh/ wkstn | 7,770 | 7,605 | 7,420 | 8,304 |
| Electricity use per square feet | kWh / gross f2 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 14.9 |
| Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) purchased | Percent of total electricity use | 100% | 100% | 100% | 8% |
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| Waste produced |
| Total waste produced | Metric tonnes | 300 | N/A | 299 | N/A |
| Waste per workstation | Metric tonnes / wkstn | 0.13 | N/A | 0.14 | N/A |
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| Recycled waste* |
| Total amount of recycled waste | Metric tonnes | 159** | 91 | 66 | 57 |
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| Water use* |
| Total water used | Cubic meter (m3) | 58,885 | 60,955 | 39,508 | 27,850 |
| Water use per workstation | m3 / wkstn | 25.27 | 26.97 | 18.29 | 13.65 |
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| Paper use |
| Total paper use | Metric tonnes | 99 | 106 | 101 | 106 |
| Paper use per workstation | kilograms | 43 | 47 | 47 | 52 |
| Sheets used per workstation | Sheets of paper | 9,399 | 10,310 | 10,324 | 11,422 |
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| Carbon emissions |
| CO2 from electricity* | Metric tonnes | 9,013 | 8,557 | 7,978 | N/A |
| CO2 from air travel* | Metric tonnes | 10,479 | 10,468 | 10,598 | N/A |
| CO2 from other* | Metric tonnes | 412 | 148 | 160 | N/A |
| Total CO2 emissions | Metric tonnes | 19,904 | 19,173 | 18,736 | N/A |
| Emissions offset through RECs and VER purchases | Percent of total CO2 emissions | 100% | 100% | 100% | N/A |
Explanatory notes:
- Recycled waste: includes paper, plastic, aluminum, and glass. In fiscal year 2007, we introduced cardboard recycling.
- CO2 emissions: "Other" represents fuel used by Washington, DC-company vehicles and machinery as well as natural gas and refrigerants used in our DC office and local leased/rented space. Air travel captures all business flights purchased through our Washington DC travel agent.
- Water: In FY05 we had a new water meter installed and the following explanation from DCWASA: "Older meters tend to run slower and therefore do not measure all the water going through them. The new water meter will accurately measure the water that you use. All new meters are tested at the factory to ensure that they register properly. If you see a higher bill, it is usually not because your new meter is reading to high; it is because the old meter was running slow."
- Energy use: The following explains kWh increases between FY05-07: addition of a server room for Credit Union office in mid FY05, addition of a retail store, Pangea, in mid FY06; annual increase in computer room equipment; annual increase in building occupancy from rising staff numbers; and fewer load curtailments (running the generators to power part of the building, in order to reduce our peak load).
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