Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 26.56
Liaison Noah Hughes
Submission Date Dec. 31, 2022

STARS v2.2

Modesto Junior College
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.59 / 8.00 Noah Hughes
Prof of Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:
Performance year Baseline year
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 1,900.52 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 2,184.75 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 935.63 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1,646.11 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity 5,022.33 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 6,777.70 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 7,858.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 10,608.56 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon sinks

Figures needed to determine net 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 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:

A brief description of the carbon sinks, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):
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Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:
Performance year Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions 7,858.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 10,608.56 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Performance and baseline periods

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Performance year Baseline year
Start date July 1, 2020 July 1, 2018
End date June 30, 2021 June 30, 2019

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
FY 2018-2019 was the most recent year for which we had data prior to the COVID pandemic.

Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person

Weighted campus users

Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance year Baseline year
Number of students resident on-site 28 28
Number of employees resident on-site 1 1
Number of other individuals resident on-site 3 3
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 13,155.38 13,454.18
Full-time equivalent of employees 732.60 731.60
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 8,455.98 3,856.77
Weighted Campus Users 4,084.25 7,757.01

Metrics used in scoring for Part 1

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user:
Performance year Baseline year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user 1.92 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1.37 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
1,115,526 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area
Laboratory space 0 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 0 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
1,115,526 Gross square feet

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
0.01 MtCO2e per square foot

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
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Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
used CCCO Datamart for total FTES, FTEE, and FTES-DE.
# student residents, employee residents, and other residents per Don Borges, Dean of Ag and Env. Sci.

NOTE: data includes pandemic year 2020-2021

Discrepancies in weighted campus users between this field and PRE-5 are due to the numbers being derived from different years, one of which was a pandemic year. For PRE-5, we used data from AY 2019-2020, which was the last academic year where population data was unaffected by COVID pandemic. For this credit, we used data from our baseline (FY 2018-1019) and performance years (FY 2020-2021). Our performance year coincides with the COVID pandemic (and the closure of our campus), which explains the discrepancy in weighted campus users.

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