Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 66.99 |
Liaison | Megan Butler |
Submission Date | July 18, 2014 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Macalester College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.52 / 10.00 |
Suzanne Savanick
Hansen Sustainability Manager Macalester Sustainbility Office |
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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 | 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 |
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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:
Facilities collects data and we collect data from facilities and surveys that specifically correspond to what we need for our greenhouse gas emissions. We use CarbonSolve to keep all our data.
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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?:
Yes
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A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
All data is collected and analyzed by facilities. We, at the sustainability office, then receive the data and input it in our greenhouse gas emissions program, Carbonsolve.
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 6,870.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 6,511.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity | 6,307.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 6,483 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 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 | 162 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 162 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 | 34 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:
none
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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
none
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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
We have composting bins through out campus and all food waste from our cafeteria go to a pig farm.
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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
We have not purchased any carbon offsets.
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of residential students | 1,005 | 944 |
Number of residential employees | 0 | 0 |
Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Full-time equivalent enrollment | 2,011 | 1,889 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 565 | 535 |
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 | June 1, 2012 | May 31, 2013 |
Baseline Year | June 1, 2007 | May 31, 2008 |
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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
When we set our carbon neutrality goal by 2025, we needed a baseline year to calculate specific goals before 2025. Therefore, 2008 was chosen as our baseline.
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
1,392,731
Square feet
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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 158,172 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 2,400 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 14,263 Square feet |
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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions | |
Business travel | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Commuting | 573 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Purchased goods and services | 74.78 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 | 70.78 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Waste generated in operations | 56.55 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Other categories (please specify below) | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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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:
Macalester has made progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by implementing an extensive energy efficiency program stemming
from a campus-wide energy recommissioning. The college is also an active Xcel Energy Efficiency Partner and installed a new efficient boiler in 2013. Solar projects ere designed for Markim Hall, but the grant was not obtained.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The other energy intensive spaces consists of food preparation spaces, kitchens, freezers, and data centers.
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