Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.00
Liaison Jessica Krejcik
Submission Date Dec. 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

Concordia University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.40 / 3.00 Cassandra Lamontagne
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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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:

In the absence of a regulated methodology for greenhouse gas inventory for higher education institutions in Quebec, the current methodology follows the
Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.

Operational Control Approach
Under the operational control approach, a university accounts all GHG emissions from operations over which it or one of its subsidiaries has control, i.e. it has full authority to introduce and implements operating policies and procedures.

What’s included in the inventory?
- All spaces owned by Concordia are included in the GHG inventory, regardless if they are used by Concordia or leased to someone else. Operations of areas owned by the University but used by tenants can still be controlled through contractual agreements.
- All spaces not owned but used by the University are NOT included in the GHG inventory since the University is contractually restricted and does not have full operational control.
- For areas with a shared ownership between the University and other organizations, proportional responsibility is acknowledged based on the ratio of surface area owned by the University.

Sources of emissions included:
Scope 1 – Direct GHG emissions
o Stationary emissions (e.g. buildings heating with natural gas or heating oil)
o Mobile emissions (e.g. operational vehicles fleet and shuttle bus)
o Fugitive emissions (e.g. refrigerant losses)
o Emissions from physical & chemical processes (e.g. dry ice, gaseous CO2 or CH4)

Scope 2 – Indirect GHG emissions (from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam)
o Electricity purchased from Hydro-Quebec


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 GHG inventory and report was created by the Office of Sustainability. Data was collected from various departments by the sustainability analyst. The GHG inventory was submitted for quality assurance to a PhD student in Concordia's Climate Scenarios, Impacts and Modelling (CSIM) Lab whose research focuses on greenhouse gas emission accounting.


Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
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Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion 9,917.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 356.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
10,274.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity 133.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:
44.51 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 No 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting Yes 11,766.09 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services Yes 44.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods No 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes 3,483.62 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations Yes 509.37 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources Yes 7.78 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
15,811.14 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

The Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard was created as a supplement to the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. Concordia used this standard as a framework for measuring its Scope 3 GHG emissions.

Scope 3 - Other Indirect GHG emissions
o Solid waste sent to landfill (non-hazardous waste)
o Concordia’s community commuting
o Offsite fossil fuel production (for fuel consumption of vehicles fleet only, not commuting)
o Office paper production (for paper purchased through central purchasing services only)
o Electricity transmission and distribution losses


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):
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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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