Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.78
Liaison	Kathleen Crawford
Submission Date	May 31, 2024

STARS v2.2

Florida Gulf Coast University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.67 / 3.00	Kathleen Crawford Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Health & Safety

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Part 1. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory

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:

Annual_Report_2022_1.xlsx

A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:

FGCU's greenhouse gas report is prepared by Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)’s Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Department. It covers Fiscal Year 2021-2022 (July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022). EH&S cooperated with numerous departments and vendors to gather the needed information. We involved students throughout the process by offering service-learning hours and working with faculty members to integrate aspects of the reporting process into class projects. We used the University of New Hampshire (UNH)’s SIMAP.

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?:

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:

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Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:

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Scope 1 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

	Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion	123.56 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions)	675.61 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

799.17 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):

	Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity	21,131.63 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:

21,131.63 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

GHG emissions from biomass combustion

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:

0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 3 GHG emissions

Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:

	Yes or No	Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel	Yes	2,456.56 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting	Yes	9,117.89 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services	Yes	50.69 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods	---	---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	Yes	1,241.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations	---	---
Other sources	---	---

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

12,866.42 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

Commuting data was broken down into two sections; employee commuting and student commuting. The data was calculated using information compiled from the Parking Services Department, as well as Human Resources, and Business Technology Services Computing services. Business travel also includes study abroad. Business Travel & Study Abroad was compiled from many sources: Procurement, University Advancement, Athletics Advancement, the International Services Office provided the data necessary to calculate university activities. Paper is our only tracked product in the purchased goods and services. Our vendor, Office Depot, provided us with a report of all paper purchases during our reporting period in pounds of paper.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:

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	---

None

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:

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Optional Fields

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:

https://unhsimap.org/public/emissions?name=Florida+Gulf+Coast+University&type=&country=&state=&net_min=&net_max=&sqft_min=&sqft_max=&fte_min=&fte_max=&rows=20&op=Filter

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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