Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.39
Liaison Connie Morales
Submission Date Feb. 14, 2020
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Claremont McKenna College
OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Kristin Miller
Admin
Roberts Environmental Center
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Part 1 

Does the institution have policies and/or guidelines in place to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources on campus?:
Yes

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A brief description of the policies and/or guidelines to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources:
CMC participates in the South Coast Air Quality Management District's programs like Rule 2202: Employee Commute Reduction Program. This includes a robust Ride Share program. Leaf blowers were also switched to electric from gas to meet the new noise abatement DBA 88 Standard.

Part 2 

Has the institution completed an inventory of significant air emissions from stationary campus sources or else verified that no such emissions are produced?:
Yes

Weight of the following categories of air emissions from stationary sources::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 4.91 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) ---
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

None
A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
The data is pulled from our SIMAP at University of New Hampshire reporting.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.cmc.edu/human-resources/rideshare

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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