| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.27 |
| Liaison | Brandon Trelstad |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Oregon State University
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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5.71 / 10.00 |
Brandon
Trelstad Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Office |
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes
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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 | Yes |
| Waste generated in operations | Yes |
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
Yes
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A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
Campus Carbon Calculator v8.0
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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
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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 | 46,127.50 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 34,117.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 5,785 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 5,287.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity | 49,156.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 85,500.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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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 | 182.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 5 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased | 2.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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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:
On-site composting includes local processing of pre- and post-consumer food waste from campus as well as landscape debris ad some animal bedding. Not all on-site composting is accounted for in our emissions calculations yet. This will change as data tracking and acquisition improve.
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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
Small amounts of RECs have been donated to OSU by the utility to cover the carbon cost of specific events, namely the 2015 Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Town Hall. These are provided by Pacific Power's Blue Sky program and Green-e certified.
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of residential students | 4,738 | 3,253 |
| Number of residential employees | 15 | 16 |
| Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
| Full-time equivalent enrollment | 25,377.70 | 18,055 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 5,397.40 | 4,208.20 |
| Full-time equivalent of distance education students | 3,181.70 | 556 |
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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 |
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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
The FY08 baseline year has not been officially adopted by OSU. FY08 data were used for this STARS credit because it is the first fiscal year for which we have complete data at the level of granularity requested in the fields above.
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
894,432.55
Square meters
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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
| Floor Area | |
| Laboratory space | 248,584.92 Square meters |
| Healthcare space | 0 Square meters |
| Other energy intensive space | 0 Square meters |
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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
| Emissions | |
| Business travel | 17,520.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Commuting | 6,766.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Purchased goods and services | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Capital goods | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | 3,285.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Waste generated in operations | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Other categories (please specify below) | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
Solid waste is collected from campus and sent to the local landfill. CACP methodology shows Solid Waste as a negative number, which is -29.6 MTCO2e. Zero emissions are reported in the field above.
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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:
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A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:
Primary GHG reducing activities during the last year include:
- Increased efficiency at Co-generation Plant on campus, in part by eliminating use of diesel fuel as a backup fuel source. This was facilitated by moving from interruptable to uninterruptable natural gas service.
- Weather is also to thank for the past year's reduction in GHG emissions, due to a very mild winter.
- Continued modest investments in energy efficiency projects like the Acquatic Animal Health Laboratory: http://microbiology.science.oregonstate.edu/aahl/energy-efficiency-and-sustainability
More information available at: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ecologue/?cat=356
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Difference in emissions between Performance Year and Baseline Year are attributed to many factors including: availability of data, refinement in data tracking and acquisition and rapid increases in campus population and square footage.
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.