Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 60.32 |
Liaison | Andy Mitchell |
Submission Date | July 16, 2021 |
University of Illinois Chicago
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.17 / 3.00 |
Cynthia
Klein-Banai Associate Chancellor for Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Part 1. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory
Yes
A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
"SIMAP® is a carbon and nitrogen-accounting platform that can track, analyze, and improve your campus-wide sustainability. Our proven algorithms, based on nearly two decades of work supporting campus inventories with the Campus Carbon Calculator, CarbonMAP and Nitrogen Footprint Tool, will help you: create a baseline, benchmark your performance, create reports, set goals, analyze your progress year over year"
Has the GHG emissions inventory been validated internally by personnel who are independent of the GHG accounting and reporting process and/or verified by an independent, external third party?:
No
A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:
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Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
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Scope 1 GHG emissions
Weight in MTCO2e | |
Stationary combustion | 144,667.32 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) | 1,105.11 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
145,772.43
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions
Weight in MTCO2e | |
Imported electricity | 132,356.69 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Imported thermal energy | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
132,356.69
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
GHG emissions from biomass combustion
0
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 3 GHG emissions
Yes or No | Weight in MTCO2e | |
Business travel | Yes | 5,853.57 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Commuting | Yes | 18,458.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Purchased goods and services | No | --- |
Capital goods | No | --- |
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | Yes | 951.21 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Waste generated in operations | Yes | 11,257.62 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Other sources | --- | 6,793.26 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
43,313.76
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:
UIC looked at the emissions data for the following Scope 3 activities: commuting, business travel and study abroad, and solid waste
Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory
Yes
Annual weight of emissions for::
Weight of Emissions | |
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | 134.20 Metric tons |
Sulfur oxides (SOx) | 4.62 Metric tons |
Carbon monoxide (CO) | 104.14 Metric tons |
Particulate matter (PM) | 16.28 Metric tons |
Ozone (O3) | 0 Metric tons |
Lead (Pb) | 0 Metric tons |
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) | 4.34 Metric tons |
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) | 0 Metric tons |
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations | 21.79 Metric tons |
Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
Yes or No | |
Major stationary sources | Yes |
Area sources | Yes |
Mobile sources | Yes |
Commuting | Yes |
Off-site electricity production | Yes |
None
A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
UIC is regulated under Title V the Clean Air act and as such reports annually to the Illinois EPA due to its operation of two power plants.
We have completed an inventory of both significant and insignificant air emission sources on campus. The methodology used was record review and a field survey.
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations includes VOM, NH3, N2O, CH4
We have completed an inventory of both significant and insignificant air emission sources on campus. The methodology used was record review and a field survey.
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations includes VOM, NH3, N2O, CH4
Optional Fields
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Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
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Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Imported electricity 132,356.69 Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent
https://sustainability.uic.edu/plans/caip-portal-2/
https://sustainability.uic.edu/plans/caip-portal-2/
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