Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.09
Liaison Jen Crothers
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of British Columbia
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.41 / 14.00 Orion Henderson
Director, Energy Planning and Innovation
Energy and Water Services
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Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
61,947 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated, 2005:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased, 2005:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

On-campus residents, 2005:
6,880

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
31,820

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
16,594

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
57,662 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed offsets generated, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon offsets purchased, performance year:
60,792 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

On-campus residents, performance year:
8,041

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
43,631

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
17,145

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

As required by Carbon Neutral Government Regulation (http://www.livesmartbc.ca/government/neutral.html), UBC offset all emissions to become carbon neutral in 2010, purchasing 60,792 tonnes of high quality, made-in-BC carbon offsets from the Pacific Carbon Trust (http://www.pacificcarbontrust.com/). The carbon offset purchase amount also covers emissions from off-campus properties and paper consumption.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission

As required by Carbon Neutral Government Regulation (http://www.livesmartbc.ca/government/neutral.html), UBC offset all emissions to become carbon neutral in 2010, purchasing 60,792 tonnes of high quality, made-in-BC carbon offsets from the Pacific Carbon Trust (http://www.pacificcarbontrust.com/). The carbon offset purchase amount also covers emissions from off-campus properties and paper consumption.

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