Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	30.79
Liaison	Rebecca Jones
Submission Date	March 2, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Austin College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	7.25 / 10.00	Kelby Archer Coordinator Center for Environmental Studies

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Part 1

Has the institution conducted a GHG emissions inventory that includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions? :

Yes

Does the institution’s GHG emissions inventory include all, some or none of its Scope 3 GHG emissions from the following categories?:

	All, Some, or None
Business travel	Some
Commuting	All
Purchased goods and services	Some
Capital goods	None
Waste generated in operations	All
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	Some
Other categories	None

A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:

Final Austin College FY 2016 GHG.docx

A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory, including how the institution accounted for each category of Scope 3 emissions reported above:

The Coordinator for the Center of Environmental Studies, along with help from the Director, collects data from campus offices, energy providers, etc., for entry into the Campus Carbon Calculator, managed by the Sustainability Institute of the University of New Hampshire. Summaries, spreadsheets, and accompanying narratives are available at the Second Nature website (http://reporting.secondnature.org/institution/detail!3759##3759)

Has the GHG emissions inventory been validated internally by personnel who are independent of the GHG accounting and reporting process and/or verified by an independent, external third party?:

A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:

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Documentation to support the internal and/or external verification process:

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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 and Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions):

Yes

Part 2

Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion	2,941 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	2,466 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	561 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	153 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity	8,324 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	7,106 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Total	11,826 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	9,725 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2015	June 30, 2016
Baseline Year	July 1, 2007	June 30, 2008

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):

Austin College President Emeritus Oscar Page signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment in 2007. We completed our first greenhouse gase inventory for fiscal year 2008. Because that was our first inventory we consider it our baseline. However, we reduced electricity consumption 7% from 2004 to 2008 thanks to new leadership in the Physical Plant.

Figures needed to determine total carbon offsets:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased (exclude purchased RECs/GOs)	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon sequestration due to land that the institution manages specifically for sequestration	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon storage from on-site composting	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon offsets included above for which the emissions reductions have been sold or transferred by the institution	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Net carbon offsets	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

If total performance year carbon offsets are greater than zero, provide:

A brief description of the offsets in each category reported above, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):

None

The reporting fields in the table below are reserved for institutions that have NOT already accounted for renewable energy purchases (including RECs and GOs) in their Scope 2 GHG emissions calculations. Other institutions - including all SIMAP users - should report zero ('0') to avoid double-counting.

Emissions reductions attributable to Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) or Guarantee of Origin (GO) purchases:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Emissions reductions attributable to REC/GO purchases	8,267 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	336.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of the purchased RECs/GOs including vendor, project source and verification program:

We purchase REC's from two sources. Our long term electricity contract includes RECs for 15% of our electricity consumption and we buy additional RECs to reach our annual target for electricity from green sources. This year, of the 14,699,137 kWh of RECs, 15% (2,139,317 kWh) were included with the electricity contract and 85% (12,560 RECs) were purchased separately (12,560,000 kWh). We specify third-party certified, 100% wind power RECs for the larger REC purchase, but have less control over the RECs included with the energy contract. We have included all of these RECs as RECs rather than including the RECs from our energy agreement in the Custom Fuel Mix input section of the calculator. The REC vendor for the additional 85% was 3Degrees, and the Renewable Energy Certificate Product Content Label lists "National" as the "Generation Location." These are U.S. Wind Power REC's; the Applicable Standard is "Green-e Energy National Standard Version 2.3."

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions	3,559 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	9,388.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	990	822
Number of employees resident on-site	10	10
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	2	2
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	1,229.93	1,288.89
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	315.50	305
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	1,411.07	1,405.42

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user	2.52 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	6.68 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:

62.24

Part 3

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

1,011,199 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor Area
Laboratory space	29,925 Square feet
Healthcare space	3,900 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	3,776 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

1,082,625 Gross square feet

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

0.00 MtCO2e per square foot

Optional Fields

Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

	Emissions
Business travel	1,066 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting	549 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services	28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	757 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations	1,785 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:

Increased electricity offsetting with RECs, achieving nearly 100% offsetting in FY 2015. Also, in 2016 all outdoor campus lighting was converted to LEDs and the College Administration approved a no idling policy. Indoor lighting is being incrementally converted.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://reporting.secondnature.org/institution/detail!3759##3759

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

There are some data discrepancies from what we reported in our Institutional Characteristics earlier in this report and data included here in our Performance Year numbers. This is because the Institutional Characteristics data is the latest we have available (Fiscal Year 2017), where the Performance Year data here comes from Fiscal Year 2016 (the last year we have full greenhouse gas data on). There are also some discrepancies between what we reported in some of the linked documents/urls above and what was reported here. This is because the linked documents/urls contained errors that were corrected here.