Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.20
Liaison Megan Butler
Submission Date May 31, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Macalester College
OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Nathan Lief
Facilities Director
Facilities
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Does the institution have policies and/or guidelines in place to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources on campus?:
No

A brief description of the policies and/or guidelines to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources:

We don't have a formal policy or guideline, however we consciously select electric maintenance vehicles when replacing older internal combustion models.


Has the institution completed an inventory of significant air emissions from stationary campus sources or else verified that no such emissions are produced?:
Yes

Weight of the following categories of air emissions from stationary sources::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 3.87 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0.03 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) ---
Particulate matter (PM) 0.02 Tons
Ozone (O3) ---
Lead (Pb) ---
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) ---
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) ---
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations 0.21 Tons

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:

We track the amount and type of fuel used to generate steam from the boilers in the central heating plant, along with an estimate of the fuel used to produce electricity from our emergency generators (based on number of hours run). These figures are submitted to the state and used to calculate a fee based on our portion of the various pollutants associated with these fuels. The estimated amounts the state determines we have contributed are indicated below.


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