Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Patrick McKee
Submission Date April 15, 2013
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STARS v1.2

University of Connecticut
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Laura Dunn
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Environmental Policy
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Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
125,584 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated, 2005:
3,843.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

On-campus residents, 2005:
12,335

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
7,625

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
1,254

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
113,995.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed offsets generated, performance year:
3,997.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

List the start and end dates of the GHG emissions performance year:
1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012

On-campus residents, performance year:
13,358

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
11,313

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
2,213

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with GHG performance year):
Sept 2012- May 2013

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Emissions and population data are for the Storrs main campus & Depot Campus only.

* Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year:
For the Cogen section all fuel based on turbine and duct burner use only CUP boilers and are included in the “other stationary sources” section, NOT in the cogen section. Other Stationary sources include distillate oil (only #2), both heating and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel. The NG total includes: NG fuel billing records for all other boilers/heaters, CUP Chiller, CUP Boilers and South Campus Chiller NG use based on fuel meter data. For the Depot Campus the natural gas used is based on all CNG accounts assigned to Depot, NOT fuel cell NG Conversion from cubic feet of NG to MMBtu, multiply cu ft by 0.001020. The LPG total represents the gas used in emergency engines only and is calculated based on run hours at max load.


Emissions and population data are for the Storrs main campus & Depot Campus only.

* Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year:
For the Cogen section all fuel based on turbine and duct burner use only CUP boilers and are included in the “other stationary sources” section, NOT in the cogen section. Other Stationary sources include distillate oil (only #2), both heating and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel. The NG total includes: NG fuel billing records for all other boilers/heaters, CUP Chiller, CUP Boilers and South Campus Chiller NG use based on fuel meter data. For the Depot Campus the natural gas used is based on all CNG accounts assigned to Depot, NOT fuel cell NG Conversion from cubic feet of NG to MMBtu, multiply cu ft by 0.001020. The LPG total represents the gas used in emergency engines only and is calculated based on run hours at max load.

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