Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	69.87
Liaison	Kevin Kirsche
Submission Date	June 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Georgia
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.39 / 8.00	Jason Perry Sustainability Specialist Office of Sustainability

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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	55,271 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	70,468 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	10,765 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	10,569 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	144,546 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	193,071 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	210,582 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	274,108 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	1,072 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1,078 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	1,072 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1,078 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):

Carbon storage from on-site composting: Under normal operation, UGA operates an industrial-scale compost facility on its property using in-house staff. Initially established to process leaf and limb debris, it now also handles all pre- and post-consumer dining hall scraps as well as departmental food scraps from our opt-in compost program. Finished compost is used entirely on campus grounds. Calculated using method from Clean Air Cool Planet calculator, which in turn was derived from EPA WARM documentation.

UGA has 70,773 MTCO2e offsets from forest holdings throughout Georgia but these are not kept specifically for sequestration and thus not reported as an offset with additionality.

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	209,510 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	273,030 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	July 1, 2019	July 1, 2009
End date	June 30, 2020	June 30, 2010

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:

2010 was adopted as the baseline year because it marks the baseline for UGA's 2020 Strategic Plan.

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	9,678	8,502
Number of employees resident on-site	14	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	329	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	35,165	31,008
Full-time equivalent of employees	10,384	10,053
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	362	0
Weighted Campus Users	36,642.25	32,921.25

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	5.72 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	8.29 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

31.06

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

17,771,146 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	2,123,911 Square feet
Healthcare space	225,978 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	192,374 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

22,663,298 Gross square feet

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 foot

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:

Replaced over 20 diesel transit buses with 100% electric buses.
Widespread energy efficiency initiatives including chilled water plant upgrades, steam plant controls upgrades, and LED lighting retrofits.

Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:

https://sustainability.uga.edu/office-of-sustainability/reports/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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