Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.18
Liaison Allen Bottorff
Submission Date Oct. 8, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Valencia College
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.71 / 14.00 Deborah Green
Director of Sustainability
Facilities
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
27,755 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:
0

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
12,912

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
19,152

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
21,264 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

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

List the start and end dates of the GHG emissions performance year:
January 1 2010-December 31, 2010

On-campus residents, performance year:
0

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
24,987

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
19,192

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with GHG performance year):
January 1 2010-December 31, 2010

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, at the same time as we added 30% more square footage with construction of 3 large (LEED Gold) buildings, reflects Valencia College's commitment to energy efficiency (OP-7). When our GHG inventories are completed for 2011 and 2012, we will be showing additional reductions from the Energy Education program (IN-1), which started in fall 2011. Meanwhile we are just beginning a focus on our Scope 3 emissions related to commuting, progress hopefully which will be reflected in the 2013 GHG inventory.


This reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, at the same time as we added 30% more square footage with construction of 3 large (LEED Gold) buildings, reflects Valencia College's commitment to energy efficiency (OP-7). When our GHG inventories are completed for 2011 and 2012, we will be showing additional reductions from the Energy Education program (IN-1), which started in fall 2011. Meanwhile we are just beginning a focus on our Scope 3 emissions related to commuting, progress hopefully which will be reflected in the 2013 GHG inventory.

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