Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.93
Liaison Joanne Wong
Submission Date June 20, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Mills College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.98 / 10.00 Nicole Gaetjens
Sustainability Coordinator
Campus Facilities
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes

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 No
Capital goods No
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 No
Waste generated in operations Yes

Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
No

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

Operational control approach
Custom tool
Conversion factors were taken from the World Resources Institute (WRI) calculation tool. Conversion factors not from the World Resources Institute are from government agencies such as the California Public Utilities Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency. CO2 equivalents were calculated using Global Warming Potential figures specified by the WRI.


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

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 2,014.08 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 3,196 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 158.88 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 88 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 960.96 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1,521 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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 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 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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:
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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
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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 614 582
Number of residential employees 18 18
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 1,405 1,406
Full-time equivalent of employees 388 410
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2014 June 30, 2015
Baseline Year July 1, 2007 June 30, 2008

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:

The ACUPCC directive fell under the auspices of the Mills College Sustainability Committee, formed in 2007 and made up of students, faculty and administration. One of the students on the committee took on the GHG inventory as her senior thesis. Two staff members, the recycling manager and architectural assistant, assisted in data collection and advised on the process. Access to utility, waste, air travel, and commuting data farther back than FY2008 was limited.


Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
955,269 Square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 8,000 Square feet
Healthcare space 1,165 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 0 Square feet

Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 474.14 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 1,473.24 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services ---
Capital goods ---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 ---
Waste generated in operations 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories (please specify below) ---

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:
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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