Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 57.92 |
Liaison | Keisha Payson |
Submission Date | Feb. 25, 2016 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Bowdoin College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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5.67 / 10.00 |
Keisha
Payson Sustainability Director Facilities Mgmt |
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes
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 |
Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
No
A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
Bowdoin contracts with a local energy consultant to complete its annual GHG Emissions Report.This report breaks down the college's total emissions into measurements of the sources of Scope 1, 2, & 3, while providing historical data and future predictions to guide the college's reduction goals
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 internal and/or external verification process:
Our emissions report is produced by a third party consultant, as described above.
Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 9,111 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 9,924 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 439 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 390.79 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity | 3,929 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 6,583.68 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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 |
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 | 1,643 | 1,581 |
Number of residential employees | 32 | 22 |
Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Full-time equivalent enrollment | 1,791 | 1,701 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 894 | 704 |
Full-time equivalent of distance education students | 0 | 0 |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2015 |
Baseline Year | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2005 |
A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
Bowdoin has been using 2005 as the baseline year since we first started reporting to STARS in 2011 and again in 2013. We chose it again for this submission in order to be consistent with previous submissions.
Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
2,041,625
Square feet
Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 75,700 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 252,195 Square feet |
Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions | |
Business travel | 630 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Commuting | 1,014 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Purchased goods and services | 0 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 | 236 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Waste generated in operations | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Other categories (please specify below) | --- |
A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
Waste Emissions are listed as zero, although utilizing the EPA WARM model our emissions from waste are considered a negative number (-833) because much of Bowdoin's waste is sent to an incinerator to generate electricity.
A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:
https://www.bowdoin.edu/sustainability/pdf/overview-climate-commitment.pdf
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We did not include our fugitive refrigerant data in the performance year because we did not have that data for the 2005 base year.
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.