Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	74.30
Liaison	Joséanne Bélanger-Gravel
Submission Date	Sept. 2, 2022

STARS v2.2

Polytechnique Montréal
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	5.28 / 8.00	Joséanne Bélanger-Gravel Sustainability Advisor Sustainable Development Office

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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	3,038 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	3,519 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	14 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	84.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	63.90 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	3,152.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	3,596.90 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	---
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	3,152.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	3,596.90 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	May 1, 2016	June 1, 2004
End date	April 30, 2017	May 31, 2005

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

It corresponds to the year before the Lassonde Buildings (LEED GOLD certified buildings) opened. The addition of these new buildings represented a major change to Polytechnique's campus.

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	0	0
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	6,626.60	4,006.83
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,513.24	1,433.57
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted Campus Users	6,104.88	4,080.30

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	0.52 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0.88 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

41.42

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

120,857 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	13,639 Square meters
Healthcare space	0 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	9,259 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

157,393.93 Gross square meters

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

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

0.02 MtCO2e per square meter

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:

During year 2016-2017, here are a few of the initiatives put in place :
- Installation of electronic controls for the ventilation and air conditioning of several premises
- Replacement of faulty steam traps.
- Removal of several auxiliary air conditioners, some of which were replaced by fan coils.

Polytechnique Montréal is in a continuous improvement process for initiatives and projects related to energy consumption which impacts GHG emissions. Every year measures are integrated.

Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:

https://www.polymtl.ca/durable/politiques-plans-daction-et-resultats/resultats-detailles/operations

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

For this section, we are using the flexibility offered by AASHE for STARS reporting and are submitting the last assessment available of Scopes 1 and 2 before the COVID-19 pandemic; data are from 2016-2017 to refer to the same timeframe as OP-1. The 3 last years (2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 - for which the data are not yet available for this section) have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the province of Quebec, we were subjected to confinement and various sanitary measures, limiting activities and access on campus. Furthermore, any assessment during this period can not be representative of regular activities since teaching, research and operations were affected throughout those years at different levels of intensity and duration, because of evolving and changing sanitary measures and going back and forth into and out of confinement.

Weighted campus users number for this credit differs from the one in PRE-5 since PRE-5 data are based on the latest data available which was 2020-2021 at the date of submission. Year 2020-2021 present an exception since all the students were registered in distance education because of the COVID-19 pandemic measures implemented by the government of Quebec. Before the pandemic, no student were enrolled in distance education.

Polytechnique’s supplier of electricity is Hydro-Quebec (http://www.hydroquebec.com/about/our-energy.html). The main source is hydropower which results in low Scope 2 GHG emissions.

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