| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.78 |
| Liaison | Sarah Rykal |
| Submission Date | Nov. 4, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Wisconsin-Stout
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.85 / 10.00 |
Tim
Cline Graduate Assistant Sustainability Office |
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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 | Yes |
| Waste generated in operations | Yes |
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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 was used to complete the GHG emissions inventory.
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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?:
No
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A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
No verification has been performed. It has only been performed by the Applied Research Center staff and then posted to the ACUPCC website.
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 12,528 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 12,128 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 443 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 197 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity | 12,809 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 13,987 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 | 90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 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:
We have no policies/programs in place.
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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
We have no policies/programs in place.
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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
The UW-Stout Campus collects the compost through multiple sources, such as newly implemented campus wide waste reduction project which included an organic bin to collect compostable materials (e.g., food waste, napkins, compostable to-go containers, etc.). This collection is responsible for 33% of the waste on campus. http://www.uwstout.edu/sustainability/waste-reduction.cfm
The compostable waste is picked up by Advanced Disposal and brought to their facility for composting. There, they do windrow composting, allowing compostable waste to be heated in large piles and break down. The finished compost is screened for waste that wasn’t composted and sell the compost within the community.
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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
No carbon offsets were purchased
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of residential students | 2,903 | 2,846 |
| Number of residential employees | 10 | 14 |
| Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
| Full-time equivalent enrollment | 9,371 | 8,477 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,120 | 966 |
| Full-time equivalent of distance education students | 1,587 | 982 |
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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, 2013 | June 30, 2014 |
| Baseline Year | July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2008 |
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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
The 2008 fiscal year baseline for the GHG emissions was adopted because is was the first and oldest fully recorded year for UW-Stout GHG emissions report.
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
2,533,913
Square feet
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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
| Floor Area | |
| Laboratory space | 8,150 Square feet |
| Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
| Other energy intensive space | 0 Square feet |
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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
| Emissions | |
| Business travel | 872.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Commuting | 3,878.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Purchased goods and services | 121.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Capital goods | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | 1,263.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Waste generated in operations | 1,327.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Other categories (please specify below) | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
N/A
None
A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
None
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:
Scope 1 and 2 Emissions data from 2008 and 2013 GHG Inventories; campus resident numbers from Director of University Housing of 2008 and 2013; non-residential student information from GHG Inventories; non-residential faculty and staff information from Human Resources
2008 GHG Emissions
Scope Emissions Source Emissions Type Metric Tons of GHG Emissions
Scope 1 Stationary Combustion 12,128
Scope 1 Mobile Combustion 197
Scope 1 Fugitive Emissions 61
Scope 2 Purchased Electricity 13,987.0
Total 26,373
2013 GHG Emissions
Scope Emissions Source Emissions Type Metric Tons of GHG Emissions
Scope 1 Stationary Combustion 12,528.4
Scope 1 Mobile Combustion 219
Scope 1 Fugitive Emissions 223.8
Scope 2 Purchased Electricity 12,778
Total 25,749.2
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