Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.37
Liaison Suzanne Davis
Submission Date Oct. 26, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Queensland
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.13 / 8.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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):
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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:
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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:
28.57

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
714,027.50 Gross square meters

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:
1,028,199.50 Gross square meters

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
0 MtCO2e per square meter

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
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Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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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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