Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.17
Liaison Lisa Mitten
Submission Date March 2, 2023

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at New Paltz
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.83 / 3.00 Lisa Mitten
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Campus Sustainability
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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:
A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
SUNY New Paltz uses the SIMAP by the Sustainability Institute at the University of New Hampshire to complete its greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

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

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:
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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 6,450.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 242.45 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
6,692.73 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity 4,697.44 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
4,697.44 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 No ---
Commuting Yes 3,433.89 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services No ---
Capital goods No ---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes 262.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations Yes 431.92 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources Yes 560.22 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
4,688.93 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 include Transmission and Distribution losses associated with purchased electricity. The other sources category represents student travel to/from home.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

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

Annual weight of emissions for::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 4.43 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) 0 Tons
Particulate matter (PM) 0 Tons
Ozone (O3) 0 Tons
Lead (Pb) 0 Tons
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) 0 Tons
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) 0 Tons
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations 0 Tons

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
Yes or No
Major stationary sources Yes
Area sources No
Mobile sources No
Commuting No
Off-site electricity production No

None
A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
In accordance with federal laws, the college monitors the air emissions generated from the on-campus heating plant under its title V permit. The levels are well under the allowable emissions. Consultant Woodward & Curran completed an annual emissions inventory of our Central Heating Plant which burns natural gas mostly but fuel oil as well as a backup to comply with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation requirements. Sulfur Dioxide is not quantified, but is affirmed that it is below the DEC threshold upper limits through supplier assurance.

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:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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