Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.29
Liaison Lindsey MacDonald
Submission Date Feb. 6, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Western Washington University
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.29 / 14.00 Kellen Rosburg
Researcher
Office of Sustainability
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Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
23,120 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:
11,256 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

On-campus residents, 2005:
3,853

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
9,635

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
1,382

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
29,588.69 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

Carbon offsets purchased, performance year:
39,178.43 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

List the start and end dates of the GHG emissions performance year:
10/1/2010 9/30/2011 (FY 2011)

On-campus residents, performance year:
4,065

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
15,500

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
1,707

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with GHG performance year):
2011

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

WWU sources RECs from the MRO grid region due to the high carbon output in that area. Differences between carbon emissions from our local grid and emissions from the MRO grid amount to our RECs offsetting more than the carbon emitted from our local electricity consumption. Using emissions modeling software, over 98% of WWU emissions are offset by our purchase of MRO-based RECs.


WWU sources RECs from the MRO grid region due to the high carbon output in that area. Differences between carbon emissions from our local grid and emissions from the MRO grid amount to our RECs offsetting more than the carbon emitted from our local electricity consumption. Using emissions modeling software, over 98% of WWU emissions are offset by our purchase of MRO-based RECs.

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