Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	69.24
Liaison	Kelsey Beal
Submission Date	July 12, 2024

STARS v2.2

Indiana University Indianapolis
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.15 / 3.00	Kelsey Beal Sustainbility Analyst Office of Sustainability

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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:

IUPUI_GHGInventory_Annual_Report_2022.csv

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

SIMAP was used for the FY 2022 emissions inventory. The temporal boundary is fiscal year 2022: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022. Data collection began April 2023 and ended July 2023. Data for scope 1, 2 and 3 were gathered by the Sustainability Analyst and approved by staff, including the Chief Sustainability Officer of IU. IU Sustainability staff contacted and requested data from campus contacts directly responsible of each reporting field. Each contact was provided an Excel spreadsheet that outlined requested data and data requirements. Scope 1 emissions originate from mobile emissions, fugitive agricultural emission sources, and stationary fuels including fuel oil for generators, natural gas, and energy generated by campus solar panels. Scope 2 emissions originate from purchased electricity, steam, and chilled water, as well as renewable energy certificates (RECs) purchased from our utility provider. Scope 3 is incomplete. Only losses from utilities purchases have been included.

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:

GHG inventory was verified by Anthony "Tony" Gillund, Director of Sustainability, Purdue University.

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	1,513.75 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions)	569.45 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

2,083.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions

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

	Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity	51,604.13 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy	83,337.25 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:

134,941.38 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	No	---
Commuting	No	---
Purchased goods and services	No	---
Capital goods	No	---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	Yes	3,495.22 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations	No	---
Other sources	No	---

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

3,495.22 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

IU is investigating how best to address Scope 3 emissions. The emissions reported for FY22 are the fuel and energy related emissions from Scope 1 fuels and Transportation & Distribution Loss emissions from purchased electricity.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

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

Yes

Annual weight of emissions for::

	Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	12.36 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx)	0.80 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO)	3.42 Tons
Particulate matter (PM)	0.83 Tons
Ozone (O3)	0 Tons
Lead (Pb)	0 Tons
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)	0 Tons
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs)	0 Tons
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations	7.82 Tons

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:

	Yes or No
Major stationary sources	No
Area sources	Yes
Mobile sources	No
Commuting	No
Off-site electricity production	No

None

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

The area sources used to calculate these emissions include the natural gas boilers at BRTC, the campus incinerator at CS4, and the emergency generators throughout the IUI campus. "PM" is calculated as total PM. "Other" emissions are VOCs. The air emissions inventory is calculated in concordance with IDEM regulations. The emissions calculated for four of the pollutants are then used to determine compliance status.

Going forward, FY2020 data will be the baseline for IUI as the process was more robust, utilizes the tools recommended by AASHE, and was conducted utilizing the IU GHG Protocol.

Optional Fields

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):

51,604.13 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :

83,337.25 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:

https://cpf.iu.edu/climate-action/goals-progress/ghg.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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