Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.91
Liaison Natalie Hayes
Submission Date July 9, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Bentley University
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.06 / 10.00 Natalie Hayes
Associate Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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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 Yes
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?:
No

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A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
Bentley employs Sightlines, a facilities asset advising firm which conducts our GHG emissions analysis independently using the Clean Air Cool Planet Campus Calculator. The Office of Sustainability staff collects data from various university offices and submits the report directly to the ACUPCC

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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:
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 3,886 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 3,345.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 112 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 59 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 8,273.15 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 10,365.12 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 8,402.91 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:
N/A

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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:
N/A

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A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:
N/A

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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
Bentley purchased 25 Megawatts of green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs). This is the amount of electricity that Bentley uses per year on average. This purchase was made through Renewable Choice Energy for a 2 year contract covering our FY13 and FY14 years.

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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 3,343 3,330
Number of residential employees 12 12
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 5,117 4,989
Full-time equivalent of employees 718 779
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 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 July 1, 2012 June 30, 2013
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:
Bentley's climate action plan was written and completed in fiscal year 2009 using data accumulated in the year prior. This is around the same time as Bentley became an ACUPCC signatory and hired a manager of sustainability, officially founding the Office of Sustainability.

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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
1,850,233 Square feet

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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 3,500 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 5,009 Square feet

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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 579.39 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 3,224.88 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services 145.08 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 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories (please specify below) 3,072.26 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
Purchased Goods: Paper Emissions: 145.08 MTCDE Wastewater Emissions: 23.24 MTCDE Study Abroad Air Travel: 3049.02 MTCDE

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A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
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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:
Bentley takes energy efficiency very seriously. GHGs from electricity use on campus have been reduced by 20% as compared to the 2008 baseline. Facilities Management and the Office of Sustainability work together on the following initiatives: (1) Upgrading mechanical equipment to high efficiency models (2) High efficiency light projects including occupancy sensors (3) Digital controls projects including upgrades to the campus-wide energy management system (4) Sound energy management using demand-controlled HVAC and building scheduling (5) Energy conservation education (6) The purchase of wind power via green-e certified RECs.

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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