Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 75.41
Liaison Marianne Martin
Submission Date March 23, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Colorado Boulder
OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Bryan Birosak
Director of Utility Services
Facilities Management
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Does the institution have policies and/or guidelines in place to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of the policies and/or guidelines to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources:

We are under Federal regulations to acquire 75% of our fleet acquisitions alternatively fueled. We have a vehicle monitoring program in place. This device allows us to monitor how the fleet is been operated and how we might gain fuel efficiencies, and in turn, mitigate the damage of air pollution from our mobile sources.


Has the institution completed an inventory of significant air emissions from stationary campus sources or else verified that no such emissions are produced?:
Yes

Weight of the following categories of air emissions from stationary sources::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 77.23 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0.18 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) 23.08 Tons
Particulate matter (PM) 2.08 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 1.49 Tons

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

As per our title V permit we are required to keep an inventory of all the emissions CU cogen plant produces.
We test, calculate and monitor the following pollutants; CO, NOx, PM10, SO2, CO2, VOC. We also report to the state’s Air Pollution Control Division in Denver, a regulatory state agency.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

In the 'Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations' section, VOC was reported.


In the 'Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations' section, VOC was reported.

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