Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.49
Liaison Jun-Ming Chen
Submission Date Oct. 29, 2021

STARS v2.2

National Tsing Hua University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.42 / 3.00 Fu-Ren Lin
Professor
Institute of Service Science, National Tsing Hua University
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Has the institution conducted a GHG emissions inventory within the previous three years that includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions? :
Yes

A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
The coefficients and methods from the Taiwan Power Company or the Taiwan Water Corporation, 'Greenhouse Gas Emission Factor Management Table Version 6.0.4' and 'IPCC 2013 values' are used to complete the measurement of the university's Greenhouse gas inventory.

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

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:
The university's greenhouse gas inventory is audited and guided by 2021 Hsinchu City Low-Carbon Sustainable Home Construction Promotion Plan.

Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion 1,133.93 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 54.43 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity 32,713.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:
Yes or No Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel No ---
Commuting Yes 81.73 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
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 1,160.46 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources No ---

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:
Total Scope 3 GHG emission mainly considers the campus bus fuel consumption and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by campus waste disposal.

Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:
Yes

Annual weight of emissions for::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 1.69 Metric tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0.06 Metric tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) 5.69 Metric tons
Particulate matter (PM) 0.08 Metric tons
Ozone (O3) ---
Lead (Pb) 0 Metric tons
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) ---
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) ---
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations 0.33 Metric tons

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
Yes or No
Major stationary sources Yes
Area sources No
Mobile sources Yes
Commuting No
Off-site electricity production No

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
The university's Air Emission Inventory is mainly based on the SCC Code published by EPA Executive Yuan, Taiwan.

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):
32,713.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Campus Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory:
https://sdgs.nthu.edu.tw/our-response/collections/page?id=4de77556b6a6914bd23ae3d50b8e2d8a&college=GA

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.