University of Miami
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

We followed the guidelines of the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute "SIMAP"
The Calculator includes all six greenhouse gases specified by the Kyoto Protocol (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC,PFC, and SF6). It calculate and project emissions for the years 1990-2060 and produce charts and graphs illustrating changes and trends in our institution’s emissions over time. The spreadsheets were originally based on the workbooks provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, www.ipcc.ch) for national-level inventories, and incorporate data from the third and fourth Assessments of the IPCC. The Calculator has adapted this IPCC data for use at institutions like a college or university, but follows virtually the same protocols.
SIMAP uses standard methodologies codified by the GHG Protocol Initiative, and employed by corporations, the state of California, The Climate Registry, and other entities to account for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

1 These methodologies are currently the most accurate and widely accepted among policy makers. Inventories produced by SIMAP are compatible with current
standards used to craft forthcoming cap-and-trade policy.
2 SIMAP is also a preferred tool for the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC - 2nd Nature).

Scope 3 Carbon Emissions – Other emissions attributed to our institution, deemed “optional” emissions by corporate inventories. This includes emissions from sources that are neither owned nor operated by our institution but are either directly financed (i.e. commercial air travel paid for by the institution) or are otherwise linked to the campus via influence or encouragement (i.e. air travel for study abroad programs, regular faculty, staff, and student commuting).
Many Scope 3 emissions are considered “upstream” like the emissions associated with making and transporting plastic silverware. To prevent institutions from accounting for too many upstream emissions, most campuses define distinct financial or operational control boundaries to distinguish which Scope 3 emissions they are indeed responsible for:
♦ Solid Waste
Emissions from managing the institution’s waste (land filling, etc.)
♦ Directly Financed Outsourced Transportation
Emissions from travel that is paid for by the institution, but does not occur in fleet vehicles (business trips in commercial aircraft, etc.)
♦ Commuting
Emissions from regular commuting by faculty, staff, or students (does NOT
include student travel to and from home over breaks). Note: student commuting
is generally considered to be under a greater degree of institutional control than staff/faculty commuting.
♦ Study Abroad Air Travel
Emissions from students flying to their study abroad location.
♦ Transportation and Distribution Losses from Purchased Energy
Energy lost while transporting purchased electricity, steam, or chilled water to
campus > we did not include those emissions in our Scope 3 calculations
♦ Upstream Emissions from Directly Financed Purchases
Emissions associated with paper production, food production, fuel extraction, etc.
> we accounted for paper production emissions only.

The main Energy portion of our GHG Inventory was reviewed and validated by our teams of Energy Systems Directors who are independent of the GHG accounting and reporting process.

Scope 3 emissions are the ones reported through SIMAP:
- Business Travel includes "Directly financed air travel" and "Study Abroad"
- Commuting includes Faculty, Students and Staff emissions
- Waste emissions are less because our contractor confirmed that the Solid Waste sent to landfill should be classified as "Landfilled Waste; CH4 Recovery and Flaring" which was not the case in our last application.
- We decided not to include Paper, the emissions have been historically negligible, but even more since the institution went paperless in many divisions.