Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	48.46
Liaison	Gabrielle Lommel
Submission Date	Dec. 16, 2020

STARS v2.2

Concordia College - Moorhead
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.67 / 8.00	Jackie Maahs Sustainability Coordinator Student Engagement

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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	5,081 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	5,592.35 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	294 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	313.25 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	7,028 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	7,716.50 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	12,403 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	13,622.10 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	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):

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	12,403 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	13,622.10 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	May 1, 2019	May 1, 2018
End date	April 30, 2020	April 30, 2019

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

Concordia signed the Climate Commitment in 2017 which prompted the college to begin doing GHG emissions reporting, so in 2017-2018 we did our first GHG emissions report. We decided to use 2018-2019 as our baseline, however, because that was the first year the colleges newly constructed Integrated Science Center came online, which had a significant impact on our GHG emissions

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	1,141	1,256
Number of employees resident on-site	9	6
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	1,989	2,075
Full-time equivalent of employees	551	518
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted Campus Users	2,192.50	2,260.25

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	5.66 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	6.03 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

6.14

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

1,437,561 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	33,589 Square feet
Healthcare space	0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	66,698 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

1,571,437 Gross square feet

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

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

0.01 MtCO2e per square foot

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

Concordia began the development of the college's Climate Action Plan in 2019. During that time we also began a Carbon Free Concordia campaign aimed at educating students, faculty and staff about our carbon neutrality goals. The aim of this campaign is to begin our carbon reduction efforts through systems and behavior change.

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

https://reporting.secondnature.org/institution/detail!2034##2034

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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