Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	52.41
Liaison	Aysha Bodenhamer
Submission Date	May 10, 2022

STARS v2.2

Radford University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.77 / 3.00	Josh Nease Sustainability Manager Academic Programs

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Part 1. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory

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:

Annual_Report_2021.xlsx

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

The GGI process requested information and support from many individuals, departments, offices, and the Sustainability Steering Committee. The data included in the inventory is the most up-to-date and accurate information available and provides a comprehensive snapshot of the University’s greenhouse gas emissions. Some assumptions and estimations were necessary due to limitations in the data.

Radford University’s Sustainability Manager worked with the university’s Energy Manager to initiate the GGI process. Radford University’s Energy Manager collected most of the data related to facilities and operations, Scopes 1 and 2, by reaching out to the appropriate manager or department contact from each category. The Sustainability Manager managed the collection of the Scope 3 data and demographic information.
During the data collection phase, a Radford University Sustainability Work Study entered the raw data into SIMAP where appropriate and processed other data into units that are compatible with the tool when necessary. When the data collection and entry was complete, the Sustainability Manager and other university employees began analyzing the results for any omissions or unusual discrepancies.

Faculty, Staff, Student Commuting: Using the addresses of all commuter parking pass holders and a GIS platform, we calculated the roundtrip driving distance for all commuters.

Air travel is calculated using dollar to mile conversion in SIMAP for all University purchased and reimbursed purchase airline tickets.

Exact mileage for all University driving travel through reimbursement and rental.

All solid waste is recorded when it is unloaded at the landfill or recycling center.

Water and wastewater bills.

Paper inventory conducted with Purchasing/Procurement

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?:

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:

N/A

Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:

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Scope 1 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

	Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion	9,928.56 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions)	420.53 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

10,349.09 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):

	Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity	20,939.81 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:

20,939.81 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

GHG emissions from biomass combustion

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:

0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 3 GHG emissions

Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:

	Yes or No	Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel	Yes	172.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting	Yes	4,917.67 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services	Yes	48.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods	No	---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	No	---
Waste generated in operations	Yes	578.02 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources	Yes	1,074.74 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

6,791.19 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:

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Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

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

Annual weight of emissions for::

	Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	---
Sulfur oxides (SOx)	---
Carbon monoxide (CO)	---
Particulate matter (PM)	---
Ozone (O3)	---
Lead (Pb)	---
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)	---
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs)	---
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations	---

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:

	Yes or No
Major stationary sources	---
Area sources	---
Mobile sources	---
Commuting	---
Off-site electricity production	---

None

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:

We burn natural gas in our steam plant at most times. Distillate oil is stored on site as a redundancy, in the event the natural gas flow is compromised. In 2020 - 2021, RU burned zero distillate oil.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality inspected the Radford University Steam Plant on March 7, 2018. The inspection report is attached.

Optional Fields

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):

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Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :

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Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:

https://www.radford.edu/content/sustainability/home/resources/publications.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission: