Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.29
Liaison	Jonna Korpi
Submission Date	Sept. 11, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Minnesota, Duluth
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.16 / 8.00	Jonna Korpi Sustainability Director UMD 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	18,504 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	18,842 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	609 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1,357 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	18,159 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	33,287 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	37,272 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	53,486 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	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	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):

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Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	37,272 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	53,486 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, 2021	Jan. 1, 2007
End date	June 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2007

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

The 2007 baseline was adopted because that was the first year UMD calculated greenhouse gas emissions for Scope 1, 2, and 3.

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	2,686	2,671
Number of employees resident on-site	6	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	4	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	9,166	11,264
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,408	1,506
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	162	0
Weighted Campus Users	8,486	10,245.25

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	4.39 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	5.22 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

15.87

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

3,298,129 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	838,160 Square feet
Healthcare space	14,133 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	63,961 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

5,066,676 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:

UMD continues efforts to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Building retrofits, lighting/equipment retrofits, ventilation upgrades, and operational changes (Campus Temperature Policy, building scheduling, winter/spring break energy conservation programs) have all been employed to help save energy, save money, and reduce emissions. Currently, campus is undergoing a full LED conversion with nearly half the academic buildings completed and the other half on deck for next fiscal year, for a total energy reduction of about 7% of electricity consumption. Our campus also recently completed a joint Campus & Climate Action Plan, bringing Campus Planning into integration with a new Climate Action Plan and looking at a 30 year horizon to provide a vision for campuses' next three decades while also meeting carbon neutrality goals. To help provide the nuts and bolts of achieving that vision, the UMN system is embarking on Energy & Utility plans for each campus, UMD's process kicking off summer 2024. Across campus, we are continually working to educate campus users on behavioral changes that can contribute to campus sustainability.

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

https://sustainability.d.umn.edu/data-reporting

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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