Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
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Overall Score | 36.77 |
Liaison | Ashley Woolman |
Submission Date | Feb. 16, 2016 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Western Colorado University
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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6.95 / 10.00 |
Jonathan
Coop Professor of Biology and Environment & Sustainability Center for ENVS |
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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 | 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:
1. Billing records from energy purchases, 2. electricity fuels mix provided by utility, 3. travel records, 4. online voluntary commuter survey, 5. campus food purchasing records from service provider, and 6. waste and recycling volume records. Using a spreadsheet tool, we convert these measures to GHG emissions.
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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:
n/a
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 3,877 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 4,951 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 181 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 117 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity |
608
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Date Revised: March 8, 2016
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5,924 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 | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased |
0
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Date Revised: March 8, 2016
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0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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A brief description of the institution-catalyzed carbon offsets program:
N/A - partnership with Office of Resource Efficiency, which offers weatherization, but not "owned" by Western.
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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
N/A
None
A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
N/A
None
A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
We purchased 3,316 metric tons of CO2e of Green-E Certified Renewable Energy Credits though our electric utility via a 3-year contract. This was deducted from Scope 2 emissions.
Date Revised: March 8, 2016
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of residential students | 922 | 906 |
Number of residential employees | 3 | 24 |
Number of in-patient hospital beds | 3 | 3 |
Full-time equivalent enrollment | 2,107 | 1,914 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 331 | 303 |
Full-time equivalent of distance education students | 132 | 0 |
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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 | Jan. 1, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 |
Baseline Year | Jan. 1, 2006 | Dec. 31, 2006 |
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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
Students lobbied the President to become an ACUPCC signatory, at which time he signed, created the Sustainability Action Committee, which has cross-campus membership, and charged us with conducting a baseline survey.
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
1,102,013
Square feet
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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 14,500 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 1,250 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 0 Square feet |
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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions | |
Business travel | 321 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Commuting | 730 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 | 1,147 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Other categories (please specify below) | 2,692 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
Food is the only "other" in this category.
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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:
Increased building performance (e.g., insulation, LEED renovations), increased purchase of wind power, purchase of RECs, campus engagement & culture of reducing consumption.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We were not tracking full-time equivalent of distance education students for our baseline year (2006) in BANNER.
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