Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.62
Liaison Eric O'Brien
Submission Date March 2, 2011
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STARS v1.0

University of Northern Iowa
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 14.00 Eric O'Brien
University Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
110,332 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:
4,777

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
7,197

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
2,650

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
135,390 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

On-campus residents, performance year:
4,719

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
7,842

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
2,839

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data Sources and Assumptions:
-GHG Data from UNI GHG inventory
-On-campus residence information provided by Department of Residence. University apartments were counted as one student per occupied apartment as a conservative estimate as resident information is not available
-Commuter full time and part time information came by combining student information from the UNI Common Data Set, employee information from the census reports, and removing on campus residents.


Data Sources and Assumptions:
-GHG Data from UNI GHG inventory
-On-campus residence information provided by Department of Residence. University apartments were counted as one student per occupied apartment as a conservative estimate as resident information is not available
-Commuter full time and part time information came by combining student information from the UNI Common Data Set, employee information from the census reports, and removing on campus residents.

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