Overall Rating | Silver |
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Overall Score | 53.49 |
Liaison | Julia Angstmann |
Submission Date | Dec. 20, 2021 |
Butler University
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.94 / 8.00 |
Taylor
Korn Campus Engineer University Operations |
Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 7,654 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 5,840 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 284 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 266 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity | 25,904 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 28,333 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total | 33,842 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 34,439 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Figures needed to determine net carbon sinks:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 205 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated | 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 |
Carbon storage from non-additional sequestration | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | --- |
Carbon sold or transferred | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Net carbon sinks | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 205 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
A brief description of the carbon sinks, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):
N/A
Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net GHG emissions | 33,842 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 34,234 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Start date | June 1, 2020 | June 1, 2015 |
End date | May 31, 2021 | May 31, 2016 |
A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
The baseline was adopted because we track GHG by fiscal year.
Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 2,903 | 2,045 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 11 | 7 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 15 | 17 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 5,828 | 4,156 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,069 | 1,144 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 98 | 0 |
Weighted Campus Users | 5,842.75 | 4,505 |
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user | 5.79 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 7.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area | |
Laboratory space | 70,409 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 96,927 Square feet |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
The Butler University Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (BUSCA) includes GHG reduction initiatives.
Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Butler used the most recent fiscal year, 2020-2021, data in OP2 which is why the data is different from the 2019 GHG calculations in OP1.
For OP1, Butler used our last GHG report which was analyzed in 2019 with 2018-2019 data (vs 2020-2021 data in OP2). Butler is a signatory of Second Nature President's Carbon Commitment and analyzes our scope 1, 2 and partial 3 GHG every 3 years in accordance with this commitment.
Butler used the most recent fiscal year, 2020-2021, data in OP2 which is why the data is different from the 2019 GHG calculations in OP1.
For OP1, Butler used our last GHG report which was analyzed in 2019 with 2018-2019 data (vs 2020-2021 data in OP2). Butler is a signatory of Second Nature President's Carbon Commitment and analyzes our scope 1, 2 and partial 3 GHG every 3 years in accordance with this commitment.
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