Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	60.64
Liaison	Eva Rocke
Submission Date	June 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Montana
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.20 / 8.00	Eva Rocke Sustainability Director 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	14,149.65 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	16,696.73 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	1,456.12 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	17,168.55 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	27,961.36 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	32,774.32 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	44,658.09 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon sinks

Figures needed to determine net carbon sinks:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased	440 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	44.39 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	484.39 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):

Campus departments and LEED building projects purchase third party verified carbon offsets and Renewable Energy Credits occasionally to meet certification and climate action goals. In FY19 (the year represented above), the Fitness & Recreation Center purchased carbon offsets and RECs from Sterling Planet. We also purchased carbon offsets for the Champion Center, the only new facility constructed and LEED certified in 2019.

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	32,289.93 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	44,658.09 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, 2018	July 1, 2006
End date	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2007

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

UM's baseline emissions year was adopted in 2010 when our first GHG emissions inventory was conducted and we developed our climate action plan. Retired university president George Dennison signed the ACUPCC in 2006, making UM one of the charter signatories. Upon initial data collection, it quickly became clear that finding sufficient data from earlier than FY 2007 would be too difficult and inaccurate.

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	2,418	2,744
Number of employees resident on-site	4	4
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	10,487	11,698
Full-time equivalent of employees	2,778	1,772
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,144	0
Weighted Campus Users	9,696.25	10,789.50

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	3.33 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	4.14 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

19.54

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

3,780,036 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	120,092 Square feet
Healthcare space	28,665 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	0 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

4,077,550 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:

UM continues to pursue energy conservation projects in its buildings across campus when funding and time allow. We are currently working with McKinstry, an energy performance ESCO, to recommission several large buildings on campus and upgrade lighting. UM is also in the midst of designing and building a Combined Heat & Power plant that will be operable in fall 2022. In addition to infrastructure efficiencies and improvements, we have invested in 3 more fully electric buses for our student-owned transit program and we continue to do extensive outreach and education to support active, sustainable commuting.

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

https://www.umt.edu/sustainability/about/publications.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The data above reflect FY19 while our most recent SIMAP submission goes through FY20. Also of note this year is our choice to adopt a custom emissions factor instead of using the eGrid EF. In order to have our GHG inventory more accurately reflect change over time, we updated the 2007 emissions factor based on the specific EF given to us by NorthWestern Energy. So now, 2007 and 2015-2020 emissions profiles are all consistent in their use of custom emissions factors.

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