Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.04
Liaison Natalie Hayes
Submission Date Oct. 19, 2023

STARS v2.2

Bentley University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.29 / 3.00 Natalie Hayes
Associate Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory

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 Gordian, 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 Gordian 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 Gordian annually and analyzed independently. They are our independent, external third party.

Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
Scope 1 GHG emissions
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion 3,735 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 168 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
3,903 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

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

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

Scope 3 GHG emissions
Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:
Yes or No Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel Yes 1,033 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting Yes 1,053 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services No 0 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 245 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations Yes 66 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources No 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
2,397 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:
- In FY22 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.
- We collect data on paper purchasing emissions, but did not report it since it is not full data from purchasing. Paper purchases emissions in FY22 were 32 MTCDE.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

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

None
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.

Optional Fields

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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