| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.19 |
| Liaison | Kimberly Reeves |
| Submission Date | Nov. 22, 2024 |
Agnes Scott College
OP-6: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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8.67 / 16.00 |
Kimberly
Reeves Executive Director Center for Sustainability |
6.1 Greenhouse gas emissions inventory and disclosure
Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions inventory
Copy of the institution’s GHG emissions inventory:
Online location of the institution’s GHG emissions inventory:
Performance year for scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions:
Description of the methodology or calculator used to conduct the scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions inventory:
Agnes Scott uses the SIMAP tool from the University of New Hampshire as its carbon and nitrogen accounting platform.
Scope 1 GHG emissions
If claiming points for a scope 1 and scope 2 GHG inventory, the following information is required:
Scope 1 GHG emissions from mobile combustion:
Scope 1 GHG process emissions:
Scope 1 GHG fugitive emissions:
Scope 2 GHG emissions
If claiming points for a scope 1 and scope 2 GHG inventory, the following information is required:
Scope 2 GHG emissions from off-site sources of electricity (market-based):
If using a location-based or dual reporting method, the following field is also required:
Scope 2 GHG emissions from off-site sources of heating and cooling:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
Biogenic emissions
If claiming points for a scope 1 and scope 2 GHG inventory, the following information is required:
GHG emissions from biogenic sources:
Scope 3 GHG emissions
Scope 3 GHG emissions from business travel:
Within the previous three years, to what extent has the institution quantified its scope 3 GHG emissions from commuting?:
Scope 3 GHG emissions from commuting:
Within the previous three years, to what extent has the institution quantified its scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services?:
Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services:
Within the previous three years, to what extent has the institution quantified its scope 3 GHG emissions from capital goods?:
Scope 3 GHG emissions from capital goods:
Within the previous three years, to what extent has the institution quantified its scope 3 GHG emissions from fuel- and energy-related activities not included in scope 1 or scope 2?:
Scope 3 GHG emissions from fuel- and energy-related activities not included in scope 1 or scope 2:
Within the previous three years, to what extent has the institution quantified its scope 3 GHG emissions from upstream transportation and distribution?:
Scope 3 GHG emissions from upstream transportation and distribution:
Within the previous three years, to what extent has the institution quantified its scope 3 GHG emissions from waste generated in operations?:
Scope 3 GHG emissions from waste generated in operations:
Within the previous three years, to what extent has the institution quantified its scope 3 GHG emissions in all other applicable categories identified in the GHG Protocol Scope 3 Standard?:
Scope 3 GHG emissions from other applicable categories identified in the GHG Protocol Scope 3 Standard:
If any scope 3 activities have been quantified, the following field is also required:
The Agnes Scott Center for Sustainability staff and a faculty liaison mentors undergraduate student interns to complete the college’s GHG inventories. Listed below are our methodologies used to identify and account for the college’s relevant scope 3 activities:
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Full Accounting
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Business travel - the directly financed outsourced travel data accounts for travel that is funded by the college, but which uses vehicles that the college does not own. Data was collected from the three departments with required air travel (Admissions & Enrollment, Advancement and the Office of the President) along with Global Study Tours, our first-year’s Global Journeys Trip and individual student study abroad trips. Air mileage was calculated for each leg of the trip and multiplied by the number of passengers, then doubled to represent a round-trip flight. The only other mode of transportation directly financed by the college is bus transportation for athletics. The mileage for all athletic competition was collected and reported.
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Commuting - representative data is sourced from the results of the college’s commuting survey. A question is asked of mode of transportation along with estimated distance traveled.
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Waste generated in operations - the college’s solid waste data is collected and reported from our waste management contractor, Keter Environmental Services; this includes landfill, single-stream recycling and commercial composting. Wastewater data was collected from the college’s monthly water and sewer bills from DeKalb County.
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Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in scope 1 or scope 2 (FERA + T&D Losses) - FERA calculations for scope 1 stationary sources and scope 2 purchased electricity (T&D losses) are collected from the calculation and reporting tool SIMAP. These calculations are built into SIMAP and automatically calculated for the college.
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Partial Accounting
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Purchased goods and services - the college’s entire paper purchasing data was collected from our Office of Information Technology, which is the central hub for paper procurement on campus.
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
6.2 Greenhouse gas emissions per square meter
Gross floor area of building space:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:
Points earned for indicator OP 6.2:
6.3 Greenhouse gas emissions per person
Full-time equivalent of employees:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following three figures:
Annual scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per person:
Points earned for indicator OP 6.3:
6.4 Adjusted net greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon sinks
Report figures for the performance year. If claiming points for a scope 1 and scope 2 GHG inventory, the following information is required. Non-additional sequestration does not qualify as a carbon sink for scoring purposes, but may be reported in the optional field provided.
Description of the institution’s third party certified carbon offsets:
The college provides space for four investor-owned solar arrays on campus (beginning in 2014), specifically: one ground mounted array on the Gellerstedt Soccer Field, and two rooftop arrays on the Office of Facilities building and Bullock Science Center, and one canopy array on the West Campus Parking Garage. Though these arrays are housed on campus, we do not directly consume energy generated by these solar projects; the power is sold by the investors to Georgia Power for the utility's power supply and the total estimated power produced annually is enough for 31 average US homes. In the legal leasing agreement with the investors, Agnes Scott retained the environmental attributes for the arrays; therefore, the college can pursue offset reductions. Given that Georgia has no offset or REC registry, the college worked with Southface Energy Institute to peer review the process for assigning value to these offsets.
Carbon storage from on-site composting:
Description of the institution’s carbon storage from on-site composting:
Carbon sold or transferred:
Carbon storage from non-additional sequestration on institution-owned land:
Baseline emissions
Copy of the institution’s baseline GHG emissions inventory:
Online location of the institution’s baseline GHG emissions inventory:
Baseline year for scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions:
Narrative outlining when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
The baseline was adopted across STARS credits based on Agnes Scott's best historic data within recent years. This same baseline has been used across all STARS reports.
Baseline scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:
Adjusted net scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions:
Percentage reduction in scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions from baseline:
Points earned for indicator OP 6.4:
Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.