Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	62.34
Liaison	Christie-Joy Hartman
Submission Date	Jan. 27, 2022

STARS v2.2

James Madison University
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.08 / 8.00	Avery Smith Sustainability Analyst Facilities Engineering and Construction

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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion	38,525.49 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	7,979.39 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	2,173.97 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1,433.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	38,073.51 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	38,948.58 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	21,500.67 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Total	78,772.97 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	69,862.24 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon sinks

Figures needed to determine net 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	124 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	124 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:

A brief description of the carbon sinks, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):

Carbon sequestration is due to land that the institution manages specifically: 24 acres at the University Farm and 87 acres of forested lands in the EJC Arboretum.

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	78,772.97 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	69,862.24 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Performance and baseline periods

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Performance year	Baseline year
Start date	July 1, 2018	July 1, 2008
End date	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2009

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:

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Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person

Weighted campus users

Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Number of students resident on-site	6,139	5,805
Number of employees resident on-site	5	3
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	21,233	18,225
Full-time equivalent of employees	3,370	2,925
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	616	255
Weighted Campus Users	19,526.25	17,123.25

Metrics used in scoring for Part 1

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user	4.03 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	4.08 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:

1.12

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

7,467,030 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	45,924 Square feet
Healthcare space	18,105 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	430,396 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

8,025,484 Gross square feet

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

0.01 MtCO2e per square foot

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:

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Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Per STARS guidance, valid data must be within the three years prior to the anticipated date of submission. All data entered for the performance is from FY 2018-2019. This year was chosen due to effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in FY 2019-2020 and FY 2020-2021.

Per AASHE STARS guidance, RECs should not be counted as carbon offsets. They are already accounted for in Scope 2 emissions (confirmed with Allison Leach, Postdoctoral Researcher and member of SIMAP team).

To be consistent with SIMAP emissions inventory guidance, materials composted at JMU are not included as carbon sinks as they are not used as soil amendment on campus.

Similar to the methodology for the performance year, GHG emissions for the baseline year were calculated with SIMAP.

As noted in OP1, JMU switched from an Excel-based tool to an online tool (SIMAP) to complete the greenhouse gas inventory. This resulted in small, insignificant changes to numbers in the baseline year compared to the numbers that were submitted for the baseline to STARS in 2018.

Part 1 and 2

Performance year analysis for GHG emissions is FY 2018-2019. Data for weighted campus users and energy intensive spaces were therefore manually inputted rather than copied from PRE-4 and PRE-5.

Responsible party for FTE and distance education data: Tina Grace, Assistant Director for University Planning and Accreditation, Office of Institutional Research, FY 2019 employee data, and 12. mo IPEDS FY 2019 student data.

Responsible party for On Campus Residents: Kevin Meaney, Director, Office of Residence Life

Data for full-time equivalent students enrolled exclusively in distance education is not available for the baseline year so this was left blank.

Figures for laboratory space and healthcare space provided by Virginia Cook (Director of Real Property & Space Management). Figure for other energy intensive space includes open labs, food facilities, and central computer or telecommunications space and was calculated by Avery Smith (Sustainability Analyst) in Facilities Management.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.