Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 48.10
Liaison Jen Jones
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

College of Charleston
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.87 / 3.00 Jen Jones
Director
Center for Sustainable Development
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Part 1. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory

Has the institution conducted a GHG emissions inventory within the previous three years that includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions? :
Yes

A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
OP-1_CofC_FY2021_GHG_Data.pdf

A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
The University of New Hampshire’s SIMAP program is the tool used to complete our FY21 GHG emissions inventory.

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

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:
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Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
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Scope 1 GHG emissions
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion 6,510.12 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 82.95 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
6,593.07 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity 15,989.61 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
15,989.61 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

GHG emissions from biomass combustion
Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 3 GHG emissions
Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:
Yes or No Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel Yes 232.28 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting Yes 5,034.71 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services Yes 1,295.74 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods No ---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes 894.88 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations Yes 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources Yes 159.05 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
7,616.66 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:
Directly financed air travel was calculated using airline costs for all faculty, staff and students who traveled within FY21 for the College of Charleston. It also included personal mileage reimbursement and rental car mileage provided by the College’s preferred vendor, Enterprise as well as non-state employee air travel that was paid for by the College - considered part of the financial control model.

Paper purchasing was calculated using reams purchased annually. Waste was calculated using monthly weight tickets provided to us from our waste hauler. Both of these netted essentially zero, however, we did include them in our inventories.

Study abroad travel was calculated using a list of all countries traveled to through study abroad and the associated number of students that traveled to each country.

Wastewater was calculated using water consumption annually and T&D Losses (included in "emission from fuel & energy related activities") were calculated directly from SIMAP.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:
No

Annual weight of emissions for::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) ---
Sulfur oxides (SOx) ---
Carbon monoxide (CO) ---
Particulate matter (PM) ---
Ozone (O3) ---
Lead (Pb) ---
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) ---
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) ---
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations ---

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
Yes or No
Major stationary sources ---
Area sources ---
Mobile sources ---
Commuting ---
Off-site electricity production ---

None
A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
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Optional Fields

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
https://sustain.cofc.edu/impact/climate-energy/index.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
A portion of these data were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, and are likely affected due to factors such as reduced travel and less energy usage for semesters that had reduced activities.

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