Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.39
Liaison Sam Lubow
Submission Date June 29, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Stanford University
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 14.00 Jiffy Vermylen
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
175,006 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated, 2005:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased, 2005:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

On-campus residents, 2005:
12,243

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
13,160

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
4,949

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
195,800 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed offsets generated, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon offsets purchased, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

List the start and end dates of the GHG emissions performance year:
January 1st, 2010 - December 31st, 2010 (calendar year)

On-campus residents, performance year:
11,823

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
16,757

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
3,562

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with GHG performance year):
Snapshot annual population study done ever year on September 1st.

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

In 2001, the State of California created the nonprofit California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) to facilitate the voluntary accounting and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions within the state. CCAR stopped collecting emissions inventories in 2010 and transitioned its membership to the Climate Registry (TCR), a nonprofit emissions registry for North America.

The CCAR General Reporting Protocol required filing of Scope I & II emissions with independent third party verification, and encouraged participants to file inventories of Scope III emissions as well. Stanford joined the CCAR in 2006 and used this protocol to prepare and file its GHG emission inventories through 2009. In 2010, Stanford transitioned to TCR protocol for its emissions inventory, and third party verification is complete.

Although Stanford did not participate in a third-party verified GHG inventory in 2005, the trends have been well established back to 1990 as shown in the Energy & Climate Plan. Data from the Energy & Climate Plan trend charts was used for the 2005 emissions inventory number in this credit.

Fore more information, please visit:
http://ssu.stanford.edu/emissions_inventory


In 2001, the State of California created the nonprofit California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) to facilitate the voluntary accounting and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions within the state. CCAR stopped collecting emissions inventories in 2010 and transitioned its membership to the Climate Registry (TCR), a nonprofit emissions registry for North America.

The CCAR General Reporting Protocol required filing of Scope I & II emissions with independent third party verification, and encouraged participants to file inventories of Scope III emissions as well. Stanford joined the CCAR in 2006 and used this protocol to prepare and file its GHG emission inventories through 2009. In 2010, Stanford transitioned to TCR protocol for its emissions inventory, and third party verification is complete.

Although Stanford did not participate in a third-party verified GHG inventory in 2005, the trends have been well established back to 1990 as shown in the Energy & Climate Plan. Data from the Energy & Climate Plan trend charts was used for the 2005 emissions inventory number in this credit.

Fore more information, please visit:
http://ssu.stanford.edu/emissions_inventory

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