Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.98
Liaison Ann Drevno
Submission Date Aug. 11, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Saint Mary's College of California
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.94 / 10.00 Joe Kehoe
Director (Ret.)
Facilities Services
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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 No
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?:
Yes

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A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:
Sightlines was retained and utilized the Clean Air Cool Planet Carbon Calculator (FY04/05, FY05/06, FY06/07, FY07/08, FY08/09, FY09/10, FY10/11, FY11/12, FY12/13).

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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?:
Yes

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A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
Data was provided by SMC Facilities Services to Sightlines and they independently ran the analyses.

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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 3,945 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 4,005 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 275 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 255 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 3,328 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 3,301 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 3,329 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:
Through a partnership with East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD), all of Saint Mary's food waste is given to EBMUD and turned into energy that is used to power their facilities.

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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
SMC purchased RECs from Constellation Energy Green e-Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates from 6/2012-2/7/2013 in the amount of 11,105,380. Clean Air Cool Planet Carbon Calculator uses the California Regional Grid to calculate the Metric Tonnes estimated from these RECs, equaling 3,329 MTCDE.

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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 1,589 1,634
Number of residential employees 33 33
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 3,688 3,407
Full-time equivalent of employees 697 654
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, 2010 June 30, 2011

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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
This baseline year was established to be consistent with the overall STARS reporting.

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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
86,669.58 Square meters

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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 5,144.41 Square meters
Healthcare space 258.27 Square meters
Other energy intensive space 0 Square meters

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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 4,812 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 2,206 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services 0 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 2 611 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations 1,446 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories (please specify below) 14 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":
"Other Categories" includes Paper Purchasing.

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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:
The institution regularly implements plans to upgrade systems with annual maintenance or major renovation, for example, when HVACs are scheduled to be replaced, they are upgraded to reduce GHG and reduce energy use. This is a regular part of the renovation/maintenance plans. In addition, when new construction is planned, the institution deliberately reviews new and more efficient systems to install to improve the overall institutions use of energy and reduce GHG emissions.

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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