Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.56
Liaison David Blodgett
Submission Date March 13, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Babson College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.29 / 10.00 Asheen Phansey
Director of Sustainability
President's Office
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes

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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 3 GHG emissions from any of the following categories?:
Yes or No
Business travel Yes
Commuting Yes
Purchased goods and services No
Capital goods No
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes
Waste generated in operations Yes

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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
Yes

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A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
The Sustainability Office collected the information and used the CA-CP tool.

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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?:
No

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A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 4,780.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 6,361.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 337.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 373.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 4,873.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 10,581.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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Figures needed to determine total carbon offsets::
Performance Year Baseline Year
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
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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A brief description of the institution-catalyzed carbon offsets program:
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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 1,687 1,417
Number of residential employees 12 12
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 2,790 2,692
Full-time equivalent of employees 842.50 694.50
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2013 June 30, 2014
Baseline Year July 1, 2005 June 30, 2006

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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
Used in Babson's ACUPCC submissions and Climate Action Plan

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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
158,779.96 Square meters

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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 0 Square meters
Healthcare space 0 Square meters
Other energy intensive space 0 Square meters

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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 1,631 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 3,609.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services 109.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods ---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 321 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories (please specify below) 21.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
Purchased goods is just office paper. Wastewater is the Other catagories

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A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
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The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
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A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:
-Purchase of 5% wind power from utility -Transition from fuel oil to natural gas -Energy efficiency measures including lighting and HVAC retrofits -Limited fuel oil is 3% Biofuel

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
FY14 data given in the credits.

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