Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 70.62
Liaison Darcy Coughlan
Submission Date Dec. 22, 2022

STARS v2.2

Coastal Carolina University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.50 / 3.00 Darcy Coughlan
Associate Director
Sustain Coastal
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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:
A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:

This inventory follows the accounting framework and guidelines set forth in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, U.S. Public Sector Protocol; World Resource Institute, Scope 2 Guidance; Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard; and Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Scope 3 Calculation Guidance. These protocol and guidance documents are all available online at: https://ghgprotocol.org.

The tool used to to complete the GHG emissions inventory was the Good Company’s Operational Carbon Calculator (G3C-Ops) to complete the inventory.


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 GHG inventory verification process:

The inventory was conducted in collaboration with the Good Company (www.goodcompany.com), from Eugene, Ore. The Good Company provided technical assistance while conducting the inventory, and also verified the accounting and reporting during this process.


Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
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Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion 867 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 1,494 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
2,361 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity 21,666 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
21,666 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:
Yes or No Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel Yes 1,687 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting Yes 5,411 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services Yes 8,343 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods Yes 2,000 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes 3,452 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations Yes 650 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources No 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
21,543 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

Air Travel: Calculated using cost of air travel
Commuting: Survey was administered in Spring 2022
Purchased goods and services: Calculated using the cost of purchased goods and “carbon intensity” of expenditure category
Waste: Weight of waste generated & methane management at destination landfill


Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:
No

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 ---

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
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Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):
13,896 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
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Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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