Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.94
Liaison Bert Jacobson
Submission Date Feb. 3, 2015
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Kankakee Community College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.02 / 10.00 Bert Jacobson
Dean, Environmental and Institutional Sustainability
Environmental and Institutional Sustainability
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes

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 Yes
Waste generated in operations Yes

Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
No

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

The Dean for Environmental and Institutional Sustainability in collaboration with other administrators, faculty, staff and students complete the Cool Air, Clean Planet calculator for GHGs.


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 internal and/or external verification process:

The Dean for Environmental and Institutional Sustainability with the Director of Facilities verify the data to the best of their abilities through collaboration with facilities and business office staff. The GHG emissions inventory is submitted to ACUPCC as well..


Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 1,321 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1,366 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 295 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 274 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 3,581 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 4,175 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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 532 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of the institution-catalyzed carbon offsets program:

N/A


A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:

N/A


A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:

N/A


A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:

We purchase RECs through our electric utility provider. In the base year there were no RECs purchased. In our current contract, we purchase electricity with 15% offset with RECs.


Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 0 0
Number of residential employees 0 0
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 2,698 2,159
Full-time equivalent of employees 397 335
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 50 0

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2012 June 30, 2013
Baseline Year July 1, 2008 June 30, 2009

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

While not prior to 2005, the baseline date is 2008 around the time our college hired a Dean for Environmental and institutional Sustainability, and a Sustainability Coordinator, and began to implement our ACUPCC commitments.


Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
320,537 Square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 53,021 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 0 Square feet

Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 119 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 5,973 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services 56.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 379 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations 189 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories (please specify below) 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":

N/A


A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
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The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:

GHG Emissions reductions have occurred as a result of HVAC improvement, lighting upgrades, renewable energy generation on site, increased waste diversion, and an increase in purchased RECs.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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