Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	68.64
Liaison	Kimberly Post
Submission Date	Feb. 22, 2022

STARS v2.2

Saint Joseph's College - ME
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.00 / 3.00	Greg Teegarden Faculty Science

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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:

GHG_Inventory_Summary_SJC_2013_2020_.xlsx

A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:

Our GHG inventory was compiled from a revised version of the Clean Air Cool Planet tool, developed in collaboration with Second Nature and Riverstone Associates. Facilities Management at SJC tracks all Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, and Scope 3 emissions are reported as best estimates using survey and tracking tools for the main contributor, commuter emissions.

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?:

Yes

A brief description of the GHG inventory verification process:

Second Nature sponsors the President's Climate Commitment to carbon neutrality. SJC President James Dlugos has signed the commitment, which includes reporting commitments. The inventory tool is certified by Second Nature, and emissions data and GHG inventory are publicly available via their website https://reporting.secondnature.org/home/

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	1,770 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions)	78 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:

1,848 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):

	Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity	1,258 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:

1,258 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	9.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting	Yes	380 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services	Yes	9 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods	Yes	1 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2	Yes	63 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations	Yes	78 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources	Yes	49 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:

589.80 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:

Commuting (including travel for athletics and other official SJC activities) was either directly measured by miles traveled for official business or by annual surveys of student and staff commuter activities, and the assessment tool calculates emissions from miles travelled. SJC also accounts for electricity T&D losses, paper products purchased, wastewater generated, and solid waste.

Part 2. Air pollutant emissions inventory

Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:

Yes

Annual weight of emissions for::

	Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	11.63 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx)	0.74 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO)	3.40 Tons
Particulate matter (PM)	0.64 Tons
Ozone (O3)	0 Tons
Lead (Pb)	0 Tons
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)	0.31 Tons
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs)	0 Tons
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations	0 Tons

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:

	Yes or No
Major stationary sources	Yes
Area sources	Yes
Mobile sources	Yes
Commuting	Yes
Off-site electricity production	Yes

None

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:

The greenhouse gas inventory tool was adapted for individual criteria air pollutants, with emissions factors for pollutants produced from fossil fuel combustion in scopes 1, 2, and 3 derived from the ssb.no and EPA WebFIRE sources. Tropospheric ozone emissions cannot be directly estimated as they depend on regional VOC and NOx emissions, and seasonally dependent photochemical reaction rates. We use no stratospheric ozone depleting chemicals.

Optional Fields

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):

1,258 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://reporting.secondnature.org/home/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

Air_pollutant_emissions_SJC_2020.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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