Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	53.24
Liaison	Alicia Gowan
Submission Date	June 18, 2024

STARS v2.2

Kwantlen Polytechnic University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.98 / 3.00	Alicia Gowan Sustainability Specialist Campus and Community Planning

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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:

KPU_2022_PSO_CCAR_-_May_15_2023_For_STARS.docx

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

Under the Province of British Columbia's Greenhouse Gas Reductions Targets Act, every public sector organization, and thus public post-secondary institutes, are mandated to offset their emissions through a carbon neutral program. Any emissions the institute produces must be offset through a payment program to the provincial government. KPU determines its total emissions and reports annually through the provincially mandated Climate Change Accountability Report, a part of the public institution requirement. This report contains Scope 1 (stationary natural gas emissions and mobile emissions) and Scope 2 (electricity) emissions, as well as emissions from paper consumption. KPU's total offset payment is based on the total greenhouse gas emissions minus a near negligible amount from biogenic sources.

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:

The provincial government of BC's Climate Action Secretariat verifies public sector organization emissions and reviews the Climate Change Accountability Report to ensure due diligence.

Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:

Offset_Required_GHG_Emissions_by_Activity_Data_Source_no_Biogenic_-_KPU_2022.xlsx

Scope 1 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

	Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion	2,513 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions)	35.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

2,548.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions

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

	Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity	142 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:

142 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

GHG emissions from biomass combustion

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:

1.23 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	Yes	3.49 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods	No	---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	No	---
Waste generated in operations	No	---
Other sources	No	---

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

3.49 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

The value above - for office paper consumption - is only a portion of the emissions for purchased goods and services. This value was determined based on an emissions tool provided by the provincial government as part of the Climate Change Accountability Report.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

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

Annual weight of emissions for::

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

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

	Yes or No
Major stationary sources	No
Area sources	No
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:

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Optional Fields

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

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

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data is from the 2023 submission of the Climate Change Accountability Report which contains 2022 data.

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.