Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.13
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date Oct. 12, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.27 / 14.00 Preston Jacobsen
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
211,241 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:
6,574

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
23,389

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
4,032

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
173,329 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed offsets generated, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon offsets purchased, performance year:
4,133 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

On-campus residents, performance year:
7,171

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
24,899

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
3,912

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

"2005" was interpreted as fiscal year 2005 (for UT Knoxville, 7/1/04-6/30/05)

"Performance year" was interpreted as fiscal year 2010.

Population faculty/staff totals include regular UTK and UTIA employees. Employees classified as "University Support" are included in fall 2004 faculty/staff total but not that of fall 2009. The university dropped this classification after 2004.

Offsets from the UT Knoxville composting program are neither produced off-site nor purchased. As a result, these offsets are not accounted for here but rather in the Climate Tier 2 Credits.


"2005" was interpreted as fiscal year 2005 (for UT Knoxville, 7/1/04-6/30/05)

"Performance year" was interpreted as fiscal year 2010.

Population faculty/staff totals include regular UTK and UTIA employees. Employees classified as "University Support" are included in fall 2004 faculty/staff total but not that of fall 2009. The university dropped this classification after 2004.

Offsets from the UT Knoxville composting program are neither produced off-site nor purchased. As a result, these offsets are not accounted for here but rather in the Climate Tier 2 Credits.

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