Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	66.57
Liaison	Rebecca Collins
Submission Date	Dec. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Temple University
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.46 / 3.00	Rebecca Collins Director of Sustainability Office of 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:

Temple_GHG_Inventory_Update_FY2019_Editing.docx

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

The Greenhouse Gas Inventory quantifies Temple’s anthropogenic GHG emissions from energy consumption, waste disposal, agricultural activities, use of chemicals and refrigerants, and commuter transportation choices and tracks emissions of three primary greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Greenhouse Gas reporting includes only those campuses where the university has operational control and can enforce a change in policy (Main, Ambler, Health Sciences, Podiatric and Tyler campuses).

Using the methodology of CarbonMAP (http://campuscarbon.com), GHG emissions are expressed in Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents (MTeCO2). The individual greenhouse gases are converted to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the global warming potential (GWP) of the respective gases to convert them to common units. The total MTeCO2 is the sum of the emissions from each source. Previous inventories were generated using Clean Air – Cool Planet’s Campus Carbon Calculator. Temple’s emissions data is recalculated annually to reflect updates to emission factors and global warming potentials.

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?:

Yes

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:

All of Temple's data is reviewed by the Data Verification Unit.

https://www.temple.edu/about/ethics-compliance/data-integrity

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	50,749 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions)	809 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

51,558 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions

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

	Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity	49,913.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy	455 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:

50,368.30 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	7,347 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting	Yes	21,142 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services	No	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods	No	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	Yes	23,494 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations	Yes	13 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources	No	---

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

51,996 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

Temple University Uses SIMAP to calculate our emissions. Sources include:
University Financed Travel: data provided by travel agency
Community: data calculated based on transportation survey
T&D/FERA: based on energy
Waste: data provided by haulers

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)	40.57 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx)	0.49 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO)	36.85 Tons
Particulate matter (PM)	4.71 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	71,724.98 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

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

The university completes an annual Emission Inventory Production Report for the campuses. The report meets the standards of the PA Department of Environmental Protection. The other category includes Methane, Nitrous, VOC, Ammonia, and CO2.

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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