Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 60.18 |
Liaison | James Biesecker |
Submission Date | March 7, 2016 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Gettysburg College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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6.36 / 10.00 |
Jim
Biesecker Associate Vice President of Facilities Planning & Management Facilities Services |
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 3 GHG emissions from any of the following categories?:
Yes or No | |
Business travel | Yes |
Commuting | Yes |
Purchased goods and services | Yes |
Capital goods | No |
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | No |
Waste generated in operations | Yes |
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
No
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A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
The GHG inventory is completed annually using the Clean Air-Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator.
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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
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A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
A Stonehouse budget consultant is consulted during the initial organization of where to get the information for the report from, and then again to look over the finished (or nearly finished) report.
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 4,970.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 4,565 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 594 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 327 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity | 8,459.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 10,886 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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Figures needed to determine total carbon offsets::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Carbon sequestration due to land that the institution manages specifically for sequestration | 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 |
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased | 5,462 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 542.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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A brief description of the institution-catalyzed carbon offsets program:
In 2008, Gettysburg College began purchasing carbon offsets, namely through purchasing energy from biomass or wind energy sources. We have counted these in the Third party verified carbon offsets purchased category
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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
Gettysburg does not have any carbon sequestration programs on campus.
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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
While Gettysburg does do some composting on campus we have not counted any carbon storage.
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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
In 2008, Gettysburg College began purchasing carbon offsets, namely through purchasing energy from biomass or wind energy sources. We have counted these in the Third party verified carbon offsets purchased category
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of residential students | 2,559 | 2,575 |
Number of residential employees | 19 | 13 |
Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Full-time equivalent enrollment | 2,739 | 2,600 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 861 | 1,311 |
Full-time equivalent of distance education students | 0 | 0 |
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | June 1, 2012 | May 31, 2013 |
Baseline Year | June 1, 2004 | May 31, 2005 |
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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
This was one fiscal year removed from the opening of our most energy intensive building on campus, the Science Center.
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
1,708,000
Square feet
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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 30,600 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 135,000 Square feet |
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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions | |
Business travel | 3,087.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Commuting | 1,077.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Purchased goods and services | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Capital goods | --- |
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | --- |
Waste generated in operations | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Other categories (please specify below) | --- |
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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
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A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
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The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
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A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:
The most up to date GHG Report will be published to the above website in January 2015. The attached report is for FY 2012.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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