Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.54
Liaison Maria Ayala
Submission Date Jan. 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.78 / 8.00 Maria Jose Ayala
Innovation and Sustainability Officer
Innovation and Sustainability Office
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:
Performance year Baseline year
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 196.87 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 65.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 260.55 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 143.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity 573.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 614.60 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 1,030.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 823.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon sinks

Figures needed to determine net 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:

A brief description of the carbon sinks, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):
USFQ has 600 hectares in the Yasuni National Park as a concession to maintain it and do research as our Tiputini Biological Station. The soil contains 60Mg C/ha based on the Ministry of Agriculture Soil Map http://54.229.242.119/GSOCmap/

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:
Performance year Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions 1,030.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 823.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Performance and baseline periods

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Performance year Baseline year
Start date Jan. 1, 2019 Jan. 1, 2017
End date Dec. 31, 2019 Dec. 31, 2017

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
The baseline was adopted from the second sustainability report done in 2017.

Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person

Weighted campus users

Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance year Baseline year
Number of students resident on-site 0 0
Number of employees resident on-site 0 0
Number of other individuals resident on-site 0 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 9,321 9,823
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,185 1,050
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 253 1,988
Weighted Campus Users 7,689.75 6,663.75

Metrics used in scoring for Part 1

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user:
Performance year Baseline year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user 0.13 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0.12 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
70,018.54 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area
Laboratory space 6,793.28 Square meters
Healthcare space 0 Square meters
Other energy intensive space 4,964.26 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
88,569.32 Gross square meters

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
0.01 MtCO2e per square meter

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
The University has introduced a new institutional bus route for University use called "Pancho Bus" with the aim of reducing student, faculty and administrative use of vehicles for school transportation.
We are currently developing an energy management system during which we conducted an updated baseline of our energy consumption, areinstalling smart meters in the Cumbayá campus and an energy dashboard to better understand our energy behavior and establish policies to improve our energy performance.
As part of our smart campus initiative in 2021 we designed ans evaluated an organic treatment waste system to treat all of the campus' organic waste. A biodigestor was installed in the experimental farm and will be running on 2022.

Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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