Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 75.28 |
Liaison | Yumiko Jakobcic |
Submission Date | March 3, 2023 |
Grand Valley State University
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.47 / 8.00 |
Yumiko
Jakobcic Campus Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability Practices |
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions
Gross GHG emissions
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 17,301.92 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 14,369 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 546 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity | 33,897.11 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 41,579 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy | 1,343.95 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 768 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total | 52,542.98 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 57,262 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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 | 181 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 181 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:
181 metric tons of CO2 equivalent are sequestered through forest preservation (this was calculated when we used the Clean Air Cool Planet spreadsheet for calculations; no land has been deforested since then).
Adjusted net GHG emissions
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net GHG emissions | 52,542.98 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 57,262 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Performance and baseline periods
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Start date | July 1, 2021 | July 1, 2005 |
End date | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2006 |
A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
GVSU's President signed the ACUPCC in 2007 to help signify that sustainability is one of the university's values.
Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person
Weighted campus users
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 6,012 | 5,662 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 12 | 25 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 21,742 | 23,674 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 2,494 | 1,879 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 9,528 | 371.50 |
Weighted Campus Users | 12,537 | 20,307.88 |
Metrics used in scoring for Part 1
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user | 4.19 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 2.82 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
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Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area
Performance year floor area
6,381,821
Gross square feet
Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area | |
Laboratory space | 129,769 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 5,495 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 201,984 Square feet |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
6,854,333
Gross square feet
Metric used in scoring for Part 2
0.01
MtCO2e per square foot
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
GVSU has committed to limiting GHG emissions across all major fronts. This includes construction and maintenance of buildings according to LEED standards and the promotion of sustainable transportation options.
Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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