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

STARS v2.2

Coastal Carolina University
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.96 / 8.00	Darcy Coughlan Associate Director Sustain Coastal

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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion	867 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	858 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	1,494 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	2,993 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	21,666 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	26,483 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	24,027 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	30,334 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon sinks

Figures needed to determine net carbon sinks:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 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	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

If total performance year carbon sinks are greater than zero, provide:

A brief description of the carbon sinks, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):

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Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	24,027 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	30,334 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Performance and baseline periods

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Performance year	Baseline year
Start date	July 1, 2020	July 1, 2017
End date	June 30, 2021	June 30, 2018

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:

Defining GHG inventory boundaries for a specific time period, geography, and sources of emissions is an important first step in the inventory process. Per GHG inventory protocol, an inventory must consider at least 12 consecutive months of data. This inventory follows the University’s fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) to make it easier to gather data across departments and better align with reporting structures and strategic planning at CCU. Typically, when first conducting an inventory, gathering three years of data is a best practice to understand year-over-year variability and trends. The University decided to use four fiscal years (FY 2018 – FY 2021), recognizing that FY 2020 and FY 2021 data would include the operational and campus changes associated with COVID response.

It is important that the baseline year reflects, comprehensively, the emissions of the institution and also follows consistent methodologies moving forward. For these reasons, FY 2018 is the baseline year, and will be used for all future comparisons, to set future goals, and to track progress.

Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person

Weighted campus users

Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Number of students resident on-site	3,730	4,236
Number of employees resident on-site	11	15
Number of other individuals resident on-site	4	6
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	9,527	10,112
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,346	1,397
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	578	281
Weighted Campus Users	8,660.50	9,489.75

Metrics used in scoring for Part 1

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	2.77 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	3.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:

13.21

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

274,131.30 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	1,943.53 Square meters
Healthcare space	732.82 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	5,045.38 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

284,529.37 Gross square meters

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

0.08 MtCO2e per square meter

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:

CCU follows the guidelines set forth through the state of South Carolina in accordance with LEED and the Energy Office. CCU also looks for ways to reduce GHG emissions through offering alternative transportation.

Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:

http://www.coastal.edu/sustain

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This inventory follows the University’s fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) to make it easier to gather data across departments and better align with reporting structures and strategic planning at CCU. The University decided to use four fiscal years (FY 2018 – FY 2021). The performance year data is from Fall 2020 Factbook (FY 21) and the baseline year data is from Fall 2017 Factbook (FY 18). Information not found in the factbook was provided by Institutional Research and University Housing, and reflect Fall data (Fall 2020 and Fall 2017).

https://www.coastal.edu/iraa/studentdata/factbooks-university/

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