Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 64.54
Liaison Shane Stennes
Submission Date Oct. 25, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.33 / 14.00 Shane Stennes
Director of Sustainability
University Services
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Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
558,185.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

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

On-campus residents, 2005:
6,452

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
47,371

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
15,124

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
471,443 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

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

List the start and end dates of the GHG emissions performance year:
July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

On-campus residents, performance year:
6,583

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
50,489

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
11,491

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with GHG performance year):
July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The data is in fiscal years, with a performance year of 2011. Scope 1 data includes on-campus stationary sources, direct transportation, and refrigerants. It does not include agriculture sources for the baseline year of 2005, as the data set was incomplete for 2005. Scope 2 includes all purchased sources.

The University participated in the Chicago Climate Exchange and has kept records of its emissions reductions since the program's inception in 2003. Within its Scope 1 on-campus emissions sources, the U reduced emissions approximately 30% from its 2002 baseline to 2005. The majority of this reduction is a product of a more efficient steam and chiller plant installed on the St. Paul campus that utilized natural gas rather than coal.


The data is in fiscal years, with a performance year of 2011. Scope 1 data includes on-campus stationary sources, direct transportation, and refrigerants. It does not include agriculture sources for the baseline year of 2005, as the data set was incomplete for 2005. Scope 2 includes all purchased sources.

The University participated in the Chicago Climate Exchange and has kept records of its emissions reductions since the program's inception in 2003. Within its Scope 1 on-campus emissions sources, the U reduced emissions approximately 30% from its 2002 baseline to 2005. The majority of this reduction is a product of a more efficient steam and chiller plant installed on the St. Paul campus that utilized natural gas rather than coal.

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