| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.12 |
| Liaison | Maria Dahmus |
| Submission Date | March 5, 2021 |
University of St. Thomas
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.56 / 3.00 |
Colin
Brownlow Director of Environmental Health and Safety Facilities Management |
Has the institution conducted a GHG emissions inventory within the previous three years that includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions? :
A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
The University uses the SIMAP tool to complete the GHG emissions inventory.
Has the GHG emissions inventory been validated internally by personnel who are independent of the GHG accounting and reporting process and/or verified by an independent, external third party?:
A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:
GHG emissions are reviewed internally by University Facilities Management
professional staff outside of the Environmental Health & Safety department. Professional staff review the data inputs to the report to verify the accuracy of
the input data.
Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
| Weight in MTCO2e | |
| Stationary combustion | 9,609.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) | 96.48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
| Weight in MTCO2e | |
| Imported electricity | 19,178.36 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Imported thermal energy | 1,567.43 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:
Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:
| Yes or No | Weight in MTCO2e | |
| Business travel | Yes | 9,289.42 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Commuting | Yes | 633.73 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Purchased goods and services | No | --- |
| Capital goods | No | --- |
| Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | Yes | 1,003.01 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Waste generated in operations | Yes | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Other sources | Yes | 263.45 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:
Commuting calculated base on known locations of employees and student residence and information on commuting modes from campus survey. Miles and trips input into SIMAP. Faculty staff air miles supplied by university's travel agent. Student air miles calculated from destination and number of student data supplied by International Education Center/Office of Study Abroad. Air miles calculated using www.airmilescalculator.com calculation tool. Solid waste data supplied by our solid waste disposal contractor. Wastewater based upon total water usage minus know evaporation loss from AC evaporation towers. Transmission & distributions losses calculated by SIMAP.
Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:
Annual weight of emissions for::
| Weight of Emissions | |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | 3.17 Tons |
| Sulfur oxides (SOx) | 0.48 Tons |
| Carbon monoxide (CO) | 2.49 Tons |
| Particulate matter (PM) | 0.62 Tons |
| Ozone (O3) | --- |
| Lead (Pb) | 0.00 Tons |
| Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) | --- |
| Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) | --- |
| Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations | --- |
Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
| Yes or No | |
| Major stationary sources | Yes |
| Area sources | No |
| Mobile sources | No |
| Commuting | No |
| Off-site electricity production | No |
A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
Per the requirements of our registration permit and the reporting tool, we track
our consumption of natural gas and No. 2 fuel oil used in our boilers. We cross-
check our on-site recorded data with the billing data from our natural gas
utility. The fuel usage data is input directly into the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reporting tool which then calculates and reports our emissions data.
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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