Bowling Green State University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Part 1. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory
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:
SIMAP® (Sustainability Indicator Management & Analysis Platform) is a carbon and nitrogen-accounting platform that offers campuses a simple, comprehensive, and affordable online tool to track, analyze, and improve campus-wide sustainability. The mission of SIMAP® is to help institutions, colleges and universities track their footprints so they can meet their sustainability goals as effectively and efficiently as possible.
BGSU has been using SIMAP since 2008-2009 to track GHG emissions. FY 23 is the most recently completed year. 2024 data is lacking a few metrics, particularly in Scope 3. Commuting data is particularly lacking from this report as it has not been updated since 2020.
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 GHG inventory verification process:
Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
Scope 1 GHG emissions
| Weight in MTCO2e | |
| Stationary combustion | 19,973 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) | 290.76 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Scope 2 GHG emissions
| Weight in MTCO2e | |
| Imported electricity | 28,867 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Imported thermal energy | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
GHG emissions from biomass combustion
Scope 3 GHG emissions
| Yes or No | Weight in MTCO2e | |
| Business travel | Yes | 459.92 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Commuting | No | --- |
| Purchased goods and services | Yes | 20.39 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Capital goods | No | --- |
| Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | Yes | 9,302.06 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Waste generated in operations | Yes | 849.79 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Other sources | No | --- |
Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:
Business travel: Business travel mileage (Ground Transport based on Odometer readings) and airfare expenditures (Purchasing Data). Some odometers were not functioning and were omitted from the total.
Purchased goods and services: Paper purchasing data with breakdown by % recycled content.
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2: FERA calculations for scope 1 stationary sources and scope 2 purchased electricity
Waste generated in operations: Rumpke Waste & Recycling provided FY24 data for Yard Waste (Compost), Recycling, and Landfill. Various other groups contributed to our overall recycling total, such as AIMecycling, Northwest Tires, Elliott's Scrap, and Campus Logistics.
Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory
Annual weight of emissions for::
| Weight of Emissions | |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | --- |
| Sulfur oxides (SOx) | --- |
| Carbon monoxide (CO) | --- |
| Particulate matter (PM) | --- |
| Ozone (O3) | --- |
| Lead (Pb) | --- |
| Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) | --- |
| Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) | --- |
| Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations | --- |
Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
| Yes or No | |
| Major stationary sources | --- |
| Area sources | --- |
| Mobile sources | --- |
| Commuting | --- |
| Off-site electricity production | --- |
Optional Fields
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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