Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.92
Liaison Gretchen Vanicor
Submission Date June 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.17 / 8.00 Monica Rowand
Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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 4,551.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 4,045.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 1,178.49 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 938.36 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity 23,667.97 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 23,186.23 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 29,397.56 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 28,169.89 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 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon storage from non-additional sequestration --- ---
Carbon sold or transferred 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Net carbon sinks 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 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):
We compost on site, but currently not enough to hit a MTCO2E in carbon sink

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:
Performance year Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions 29,397.56 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 28,169.89 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 Jan. 1, 2019 Jan. 1, 2016
End date Dec. 31, 2019 Dec. 31, 2016

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
This is the same baseline year as our energy baseline specified in the 2018 Strategic Sustainability Plan. It was chosen as the two reductions are linked.

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 3,300 3,120
Number of employees resident on-site 106 62
Number of other individuals resident on-site 2 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 14,040 14,741
Full-time equivalent of employees 2,029 1,979
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 2,285 1,403
Weighted Campus Users 11,191.50 12,283.25

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 2.63 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 2.29 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
5,871,725 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area
Laboratory space 584,868 Square feet
Healthcare space 14,799 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 0 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
7,071,059 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:
0.00 MtCO2e per square foot

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
Lighting retrofit in Bourgeois Hall.
Utility purchase of wind power.
On-campus solar power production through the PART Lab.

Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Not all measurements were available for the baseline year (i.e. refrigerant use). When this was the case, we calculated the baseline year using the same numbers as the performance year. Not all fertilizer numbers were available for either baseline or performance year, these numbers were estimated based on typical athletic field care.

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