Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 65.69 |
Liaison | Alan Turnquist |
Submission Date | July 24, 2023 |
Michigan Technological University
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.66 / 8.00 |
Alan
Turnquist Director of Sustainability and Resilience Office of the President |
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions
Gross GHG emissions
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 18,785 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 21,292 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 1,313 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 1,860 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity | 15,371 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 30,601 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total | 35,469 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 53,753 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Carbon sinks
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated | 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 |
Carbon storage from non-additional sequestration | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | --- |
Carbon sold or transferred | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Net carbon sinks | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
If total performance year carbon sinks are greater than zero, provide:
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Adjusted net GHG emissions
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net GHG emissions | 35,469 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 53,753 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Performance and baseline periods
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Start date | July 1, 2020 | July 1, 2015 |
End date | June 30, 2021 | June 30, 2016 |
A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
The baseline of FY 2016 was set at the inflection point when the university began to take affirmative steps to address GHG emissions by entering in a long-term contract for bundled RECs with our utility provider
Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person
Weighted campus users
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 2,908 | 2,950 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 8 | 4 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 7,009 | 7,270 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,539 | 1,631 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 0 | 0 |
Weighted Campus Users | 7,140 | 7,414.25 |
Metrics used in scoring for Part 1
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user | 4.97 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 7.25 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
31.48
Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area
Performance year floor area
3,493,469
Gross square feet
Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area | |
Laboratory space | 442,401 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 65,254 Square feet |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
4,443,525
Gross square feet
Metric used in scoring for Part 2
0.01
MtCO2e per square foot
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
50 percent of Michigan Tech's electricity is wind-powered—saving $3.6 million over the life of our current contract.
Other things Michigan Tech does:
Maintain and enhance current energy-conservation efforts.
Find alternate ways to heat new facilities. For example, the Great Lakes Research Center is heated primarily from waste heat from the heating plant boilers.
Install additional occupancy sensors; add variable frequency drives to fans and pumps; and upgrade air compressors to more efficient units.
Long-term initiatives include phased implementation of the energy-conservation plan, developed by the Energy Advisory Group, to utilize biomass cogeneration; retrofit lab HVAC systems; and employ additional lighting control, enhanced computer controls, and other measures.
Other things Michigan Tech does:
Maintain and enhance current energy-conservation efforts.
Find alternate ways to heat new facilities. For example, the Great Lakes Research Center is heated primarily from waste heat from the heating plant boilers.
Install additional occupancy sensors; add variable frequency drives to fans and pumps; and upgrade air compressors to more efficient units.
Long-term initiatives include phased implementation of the energy-conservation plan, developed by the Energy Advisory Group, to utilize biomass cogeneration; retrofit lab HVAC systems; and employ additional lighting control, enhanced computer controls, and other measures.
Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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