Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 31.41
Liaison Hannes Gerhardt
Submission Date April 20, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of West Georgia
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.55 / 10.00 Hannes Gerhardt
Sustainability Director
Department of Geosciences
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes

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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 3 GHG emissions from any of the following categories?:
Yes or No
Business travel Yes
Commuting Yes
Purchased goods and services No
Capital goods No
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 No
Waste generated in operations No

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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
Yes

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A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
The Clean Air - Cool Planet campus carbon calculator V.7 was used. The data was collected over a 1 year period. The various entities on campus responsible for the specific data were contacted and asked to supply relevant data back to 2009.

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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?:
Yes

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A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
The GHG inventory was submitted to the Director of Sustainability at Kennesaw State University (KSU) for review. KSU maintains a similar inventory and so they were in a good position to verify ours.

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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 2,714.42 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 2,987.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 2,386.35 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 2,275.14 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 21,579.79 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 20,046.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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Figures needed to determine total carbon offsets::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon sequestration due to land that the institution manages specifically for sequestration 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon storage from on-site composting 862.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 931.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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A brief description of the institution-catalyzed carbon offsets program:
n/a

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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
n/a

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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
Up until FY14 UWG was composting its tree waste, until the Georgia EPD forbade it. UWG is currently working on reestablishing their composting of tree and shrub waste. UWG also has large wetland and unmaintained areas where leaf fall is left unhindered to compost. The estimate of hardwood leaf drop is 2 tons per acre.

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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
n/a

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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 3,031 2,681
Number of residential employees 4 5
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 10,407 10,213
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,506 1,265
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 5,059 3,231

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2011 June 30, 2014
Baseline Year July 1, 2010 June 30, 2011

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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
The baseline was adopted back to the point where reliable data for scope I and II were available.

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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
2,517,578 Square feet

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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 43,011 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 49,918 Square feet

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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 1,507.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 12,696.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services ---
Capital goods ---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 ---
Waste generated in operations ---
Other categories (please specify below) 27 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
The additional category that has been recorded for all relevant years is wastewater.This is one of the options in the utilized calculator. The performance year had 27, whereas the baseline year had 26 MTCO2.

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A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
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The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
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A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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