Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	60.52
Liaison	Lindsey MacDonald
Submission Date	March 1, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Western Washington University
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	9.26 / 10.00	Seth Vidaña Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability

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Part 1

Has the institution conducted a GHG emissions inventory that includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions? :

Yes

Does the institution’s GHG emissions inventory include all, some or none of its Scope 3 GHG emissions from the following categories?:

	All, Some, or None
Business travel	All
Commuting	All
Purchased goods and services	None
Capital goods	None
Waste generated in operations	Some
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	Some
Other categories	None

A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:

FY06-17CACP.xlsm

A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory, including how the institution accounted for each category of Scope 3 emissions reported above:

Western uses the Clean Air Cool Planet Carbon Calculator v 9.1. The Office of Sustainability collects info from many units on campus for input into the calculator and uses the results to report to on and off campus entities.

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?:

A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:

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Documentation to support the internal and/or external verification process:

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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 and Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions):

Yes

Part 2

Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion	11,999.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	13,051.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	562.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	906.50 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity	10,313.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	11,617.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Total	22,875.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	25,576.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2016	June 30, 2017
Baseline Year	July 1, 2005	June 30, 2006

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):

Fiscal year 2006 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006) was the first year that Western employed staff able to collect and analyze carbon emissions data.

Figures needed to determine total carbon offsets:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased (exclude purchased RECs/GOs)	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
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	65 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	11 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon offsets included above for which the emissions reductions have been sold or transferred by the institution	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Net carbon offsets	65 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	11 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

If total performance year carbon offsets are greater than zero, provide:

A brief description of the offsets in each category reported above, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):

We have a large on-campus composting facility that receives all material from our campus grounds.

The reporting fields in the table below are reserved for institutions that have NOT already accounted for renewable energy purchases (including RECs and GOs) in their Scope 2 GHG emissions calculations. Other institutions - including all SIMAP users - should report zero ('0') to avoid double-counting.

Emissions reductions attributable to Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) or Guarantee of Origin (GO) purchases:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Emissions reductions attributable to REC/GO purchases	22,632 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	16,370 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of the purchased RECs/GOs including vendor, project source and verification program:

***These RECs are not counted in the above Scope 1 & 2 data.*** We have been purchasing 40,000 RECs per year since 2006. We first purchased regionally-sourced RECs from Puget Sound Energy, our local utility provider (within the NWPP GRID region), then later through NextEra (who sourced them from the MROW eGRID region). In 2005, the US EPA reported that the NWPP eGRID region produced 902 lbs CO2 per MWH, and in 2016, the US EPA reported that MROW produced 1247 lbs CO2 per MWH. These numbers were used to calculate the above numbers, i.e. 40,000 * lbs CO2/MWH in each region = total emissions reductions. Two items of note: A)There is a significant difference between the CO2 emitted from our local grid and that from the grid that we purchase our current RECs from. We purchase RECs from MROW specifically due to the high CO2 emission factors there. B)We purchase more RECs than we need to "offset" each year's emissions for electrical consumption.

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions	12,496.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	13,947.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	3,882	3,853
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	14,619	12,343
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	1,914	1,286
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	134	0
Weighted campus users	13,269.75	11,185

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user	0.94 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1.25 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:

24.48

Part 3

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

3,444,966 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor Area
Laboratory space	67,262 Square feet
Healthcare space	0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	0 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

3,579,490 Gross square feet

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

0.00 MtCO2e per square foot

Optional Fields

Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

	Emissions
Business travel	1,662 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting	2,446 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services	48 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods	---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations	181.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories	---

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

https://sustain.wwu.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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