Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	69.72
Liaison	Roxane Beigel-Coryell
Submission Date	March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

California State University, Channel Islands
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.83 / 3.00	Roxane Beigel-Coryell Sustainability & Energy Manager Facilities Services

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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:

FY21-22_GHG_Inventory_Market-Based.csv

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

To conduct the GHG inventory, CSUCI used the Sustainability Indicator Management & Analysis Platform (SIMAP) developed by the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute.

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:

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Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:

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Scope 1 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

	Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion	1,578.98 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions)	319.42 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

1,898.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):

	Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity	1,699 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy	75.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:

1,774.20 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	No	---
Commuting	Yes	3,378.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services	No	---
Capital goods	No	---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	Yes	639.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations	Yes	153.99 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources	Yes	118.15 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

4,289.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

To account for waste emissions in Scope 3, we used available waste disposal data from the university's waste hauler. To account for commuting-related emissions, the university used data from an bi-annual commuter survey that is sent to all employees and student employees to gather information on how individuals travel to campus, how far they travel, and how often they travel, on a weekly basis. Finally, we included transportation and distribution losses in our Scope 3 emissions.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:

Yes

Annual weight of emissions for::

	Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	1.20 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx)	0.01 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO)	1 Tons
Particulate matter (PM)	0.09 Tons
Ozone (O3)	0 Tons
Lead (Pb)	0 Tons
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)	0.02 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	Yes
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:

CSU Channel Islands commissioned a study to test air emissions from the boilers in the university's central plant. The test was performed by Montrose Air Quality Services.

Emissions weight was calculated using the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Boilers Air Emissions Calculator. We input total annual natural gas consumption of the boilers, along with the maximum heat rate for the boilers, for the calculator to compute the emissions in tons/year.

Optional Fields

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):

2,063.13 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :

75.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:

https://unhsimap.org/public/institution/1325

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Air Emissions Calculator: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/business-with-us/air-emissions-calculators

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