Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.32
Liaison Carrie Metzgar
Submission Date May 3, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of California, San Diego
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 14.00 Valerie Fanning
Compliance Officer
Environmental Health & Safety
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
196,844.42 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:
8,724

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
48,786

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
0

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
202,248 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

Carbon offsets purchased, performance year:
4,720 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

List the start and end dates of the GHG emissions performance year:
Jan 2011 to Dec 2011

On-campus residents, performance year:
10,718

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
53,485

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
0

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with GHG performance year):
2011 (calendar year)

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year: Number of total of full time and part time students, staff, and faculty; part time data is not collected separately and therefore is unavailable.

UC San Diego can best ensure accuracy by reporting metrics currently tracked by Transportation Services, which meticulously documents the total number of commuters during its annual survey of pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
This survey focuses on tracking all commuter data for transportation and greenhouse gas purposes, but it does not distinguish between student, faculty, staff or campus visitors. Over a decade of data has been collected in this manner and demonstrates a significant increase in alternative transportation usage by commuters. The current number is the most precise representation of UC San Diego commuters currently available.


Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year: Number of total of full time and part time students, staff, and faculty; part time data is not collected separately and therefore is unavailable.

UC San Diego can best ensure accuracy by reporting metrics currently tracked by Transportation Services, which meticulously documents the total number of commuters during its annual survey of pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
This survey focuses on tracking all commuter data for transportation and greenhouse gas purposes, but it does not distinguish between student, faculty, staff or campus visitors. Over a decade of data has been collected in this manner and demonstrates a significant increase in alternative transportation usage by commuters. The current number is the most precise representation of UC San Diego commuters currently available.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.