Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
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Overall Score | 42.52 |
Liaison | Kristina Hope |
Submission Date | May 14, 2014 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Knox College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.41 / 10.00 |
Deb
Steinberg Director of Campus Sustainability Initiatives Office of Sustainability |
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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 | No |
Commuting | No |
Purchased goods and services | No |
Capital goods | No |
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | No |
Waste generated in operations | No |
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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:
Knox has comprehensive energy usage inventories for all buildings from 2006 to the
present and inventories for the core campus (which makes up 90% of all energy usage) from 1999 to the present. Data from 2009-2010 was used for a GHG audit, 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?:
No
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A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 6,882.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 5,764.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 114.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 116.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity | 5,685.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 7,073.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources | 562.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 699.60 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 | 1,100 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 1,100 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Carbon storage from on-site composting | 30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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A brief description of the institution-catalyzed carbon offsets program:
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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
Carbon sequestration is calculated for the ~640-acre forest at Green Oaks. We used the value of 1,060 pounds of carbon/acre/yr (from USDA Forest Service General Technical Report WO-59 August 1992) Page 39; then converted C to CO2
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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
In 2012, compost of most pre-consumer cafeteria materials began (approximately 30 tons/year). 100% of campus landscaping waste is composted either on or off-site.
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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of residential students | 1,216 | 1,105 |
Number of residential employees | 3 | 3 |
Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Full-time equivalent enrollment | 1,408 | 1,229 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 384 | 346 |
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 | July 1, 2012 | June 30, 2013 |
Baseline Year | July 1, 2005 | June 30, 2006 |
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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
1,100,000
Square feet
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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 38,338 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 84,153 Square feet |
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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions | |
Business travel | --- |
Commuting | --- |
Purchased goods and services | --- |
Capital goods | --- |
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | --- |
Waste generated in operations | --- |
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:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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