Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.89
Liaison	Jonathan Rausseo
Submission Date	Nov. 25, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Ottawa
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.00 / 8.00	Javier Calle Energy Analyst Facilities

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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	20,018 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	20,372 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	13 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	88 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	15,922 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	14,913 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy	3,000 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1,944 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Total	38,953 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	37,317 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):

At the moment the only offsets that the University has comes from sequestration through the addition of green space and some offsets purchased for air travel. However; the numbers are not tracked reliably and so they are not being reported.

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	38,953 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	37,317 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	May 1, 2005
End date	Dec. 30, 2019	April 30, 2006

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

The GHG baseline was chosen because it aligned with the Copenhagen target baseline. Since this was the baseline we used in previous reports, we kept this baseline in order to remain consistent in our STARS reporting.

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	3,664	2,885
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	37,360	33,576
Full-time equivalent of employees	4,609	6,423
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	303	0
Weighted Campus Users	32,165.50	30,720.50

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	1.21 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1.21 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

0.31

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

621,099 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	34,519 Square meters
Healthcare space	14,054.02 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	0 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

718,244.73 Gross square meters

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

0.05 MtCO2e per square meter

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:

The University of Ottawa has embarked on a series of deep energy retrofits to reduce its energy consumption, in particular heating. This has a direct impact on GHG emissions. The University is has also converted half of its fleet vehicles to electric vehicles.
The University is now considering an electric boiler which would eliminate 75% of its direct emissions.

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

https://www.uottawa.ca/facilities/sustainability/retrofits

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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