Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.97
Liaison Natalie Hayes
Submission Date Aug. 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Bentley University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.50 / 3.00 Natalie Hayes
Associate Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Has the institution conducted a GHG emissions inventory within the previous three years that includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions? :
Yes

A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:

Bentley employs Sightlines, a facilities asset advising firm which conducts our GHG emissions analysis independently using the SIMAP. The Office of Sustainability staff collects data from various university offices which is submitted to Sightlines for the carbon footprint calculation process.


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?:
Yes

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:

Our submitted data onto the SIMAP tool is verified by Sightlines annually and analyzed independently. They are our independent, external third party.


Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion 3,151 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 93 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
3,244 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity 6,381 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
6,381 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:
Yes or No Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel Yes 4,152 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting Yes 1,856 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services Yes 71 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods No 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes 296 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations Yes 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources Yes 28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
6,403 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:

- In FY19 we included faculty/staff directly financed air travel and and study abroad air travel in the business travel category.
- Commuting includes student commuting and faculty/staff commuting from the inventory.
- The other sources are waste water.
- We were credited 30 MCTDE for our solid waste but that was not accounted for in these numbers because the tool does not allow for a negative number.


Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:
No

Annual weight of emissions for::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 0 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) 0 Tons
Particulate matter (PM) 0 Tons
Ozone (O3) 0 Tons
Lead (Pb) 0 Tons
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) 0 Tons
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) 0 Tons
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations 0 Tons

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
Yes or No
Major stationary sources No
Area sources No
Mobile sources No
Commuting No
Off-site electricity production No

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:

Bentley does not have a central plant or decentralized plants on campus.
All buildings contain boilers for hot water. 33% of the campus building portfolio is heated via electric heat while 67% is heated via hot water (gas boilers in each building). The university has back-up generators that are tested on a schedule and infrequently used.

Bentley's EHS professional completes a source registration every three years and submits the report to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. This process has consistently confirmed that Bentley's stationary emissions are far below the reporting threshold as such it has been concluded that the campus does not have a significant air emissions from stationary sources.


Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):
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Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
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Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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