Overall Rating | Silver |
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Overall Score | 61.55 |
Liaison | Melissa Cadwell |
Submission Date | Jan. 7, 2022 |
Syracuse University
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.56 / 8.00 |
Melissa
Cadwell Sustainability Coordinator Energy Systems & Sustainability Management |
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions
Gross GHG emissions
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 7,867 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 6,575.22 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 2,309.64 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 1,606.74 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity | 8,346.44 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 21,384.85 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy | 37,244.82 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 36,216.25 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total | 55,767.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 65,783.06 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 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 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 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
If total performance year carbon sinks are greater than zero, provide:
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Adjusted net GHG emissions
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net GHG emissions | 55,767.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 65,783.06 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Performance and baseline periods
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Start date | July 1, 2018 | July 1, 2010 |
End date | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2011 |
A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
This is the year we used to create our Climate Action Plan.
Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person
Weighted campus users
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 7,874 | 8,112 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 31 | 31 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 19,184 | 19,368 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 4,935 | 4,620 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 2,279 | 1,531 |
Weighted Campus Users | 18,356.25 | 18,878.50 |
Metrics used in scoring for Part 1
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user | 3.04 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 3.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
12.81
Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area
Performance year floor area
9,680,895
Gross square feet
Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area | |
Laboratory space | 760,648 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 456,202 Square feet |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
11,658,393
Gross square feet
Metric used in scoring for Part 2
0.00
MtCO2e per square foot
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
LED lighting in all parking garages, continuing to update all campus lighting fixtures with LED lights.
2013, rooftop solar hot water heating was installed for twenty South Campus buildings that contain 160 three-bedroom apartments. There are forty systems with a total of 240 solar panels. By utilizing solar energy to heat water, the University will save approximately 300,000 kWh and avoid about 125 tons of GHG emissions a year. The systems will supply 50-60% of the energy necessary to heat the water. Added blankets to the steam lines in buildings.
Building Temperature Control System
Energy Systems and Sustainability Management helps make campus building systems run efficiently and on schedules that meet occupants’ needs. The department’s Energy Management System Operations Center is the “command center” that monitors and schedules the heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water, and building access control systems in campus buildings.
2013, rooftop solar hot water heating was installed for twenty South Campus buildings that contain 160 three-bedroom apartments. There are forty systems with a total of 240 solar panels. By utilizing solar energy to heat water, the University will save approximately 300,000 kWh and avoid about 125 tons of GHG emissions a year. The systems will supply 50-60% of the energy necessary to heat the water. Added blankets to the steam lines in buildings.
Building Temperature Control System
Energy Systems and Sustainability Management helps make campus building systems run efficiently and on schedules that meet occupants’ needs. The department’s Energy Management System Operations Center is the “command center” that monitors and schedules the heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water, and building access control systems in campus buildings.
Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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