| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.09 |
| Liaison | Tara Shimer |
| Submission Date | April 18, 2024 |
State University of New York at Morrisville
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.16 / 8.00 |
Bill
Mitchell Energy & Sustainability Manager Facilities |
Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions
Gross GHG emissions
| Performance year | Baseline year | |
| Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 5,726 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 7,619.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 480.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 752.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity | 2,409 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 3,090.20 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 | 8,615.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 11,462.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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 | 0.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Carbon storage from non-additional sequestration | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 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 | 0.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
If total performance year carbon sinks are greater than zero, provide:
The West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum suggests: (- 0.24 MTCO2e sequestered, per US-Ton of composted material); we only compost about 2.0 US-Tons a year, but it's a start.
Adjusted net GHG emissions
| Performance year | Baseline year | |
| Adjusted net GHG emissions | 8,615.32 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 11,462.12 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Performance and baseline periods
| Performance year | Baseline year | |
| Start date | July 1, 2022 | July 1, 2014 |
| End date | June 30, 2023 | June 30, 2015 |
A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
New York State (NYS) Energy Authorities (NYSERDA, NYSDEC, NYPA, and the NYS GreenNY Council) have agreed to utilize FY 2014-2015 July 1, 2014 thru June 30, 2015 as the baseline (data) year toward achieving their published 2030, 2040, and 2050 carbon reduction goals. As a State University of New York, we are following this directive (Originally documents were written choosing 1990 as the baseline year, however data to support this as a baseline year was lacking.)
Our current Performance Year is FY-2022-2023: July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person
Weighted campus users
| Performance year | Baseline year | |
| Number of students resident on-site | 837 | 1,394 |
| Number of employees resident on-site | 3 | 4 |
| Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
| Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 1,576.80 | 2,660 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 454 | 511 |
| Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 49 | 29 |
| Weighted Campus Users | 1,696.35 | 2,706 |
Metrics used in scoring for Part 1
| Performance year | Baseline year | |
| Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user | 5.08 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 4.24 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area
Performance year floor area
Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
| Floor area | |
| Laboratory space | 33,826 Square feet |
| Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
| Other energy intensive space | 3,038 Square feet |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
Metric used in scoring for Part 2
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
Our campus has just completed a Clean Energy Master Plan, which lays out a workable method to move forward with campus electrification, renewable energy projects and the NY State efforts to clean the grid.
Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
See the campus Clean Energy Master Plan (CEMP). All emission factors are from IPCC 2006/2021 for Natural Gas and Delivered Fuels https://www.epa.gov/egrid The Electric factors utilized are from eGrid for the closest previous year specified. Total campus building space including barns and other lighting electrified but unconditioned space is: 1,989,963 GSF - Gross Square Feet (Source SUNY AiM). The campus space that is intended for human occupancy, and is conditioned with either heating or cooling is: 1,565,153 GSF (Source SUNY Aim - subset). Future iterations of AASHE STARS should prefer the conditioned space GSF number, but this information is not requested as part of the directives for Pre-4 Operational Characteristics.
Note: OP-01 requested 3rd party verification of GHG - Green House Gas inventory, which was completed in AUGUST of 2023, as part of the SUNY Morrisville Clean Energy Master Plan (CEMP), via Ramboll Energy Engineering company, based on data from FY-2018-2019 and FY-2019-2020.
OP-02 requests data from our current Performance Year which is FY-2022-2023 (not the same as our 3rd party verivied CEMP data from FY-2018-2019 and FY-2019-2020, report published in August 2023), this difference shows a reduction of GHG over time.
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.