Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 61.37 |
Liaison | Suzanne Davis |
Submission Date | Oct. 26, 2020 |
University of Queensland
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.13 / 8.00 |
Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 790 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 1,350 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 916 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 1,147 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity | 109,493 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 128,763 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 | 111,199 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 131,260 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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 | 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 |
A brief description of the carbon sinks, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):
Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Adjusted net GHG emissions | 111,199 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 131,260 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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, 2010 |
End date | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2011 |
A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance year | Baseline year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 436 | 0 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 42,949 | 35,464 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 6,787 | 6,425 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 200 | 0 |
Weighted Campus Users | 37,261 | 31,416.75 |
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 | 2.98 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 4.18 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area | |
Laboratory space | 157,086 Square meters |
Healthcare space | 0 Square meters |
Other energy intensive space | 0 Square meters |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Note student, staff and floor area numbers are for the relevant time period to match the financial year reporting data, and therefore differ slightly from the academic (calendar) year figures in PRE-4 and PRE-5.
Note student, staff and floor area numbers are for the relevant time period to match the financial year reporting data, and therefore differ slightly from the academic (calendar) year figures in PRE-4 and PRE-5.
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