Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 60.64
Liaison Amanda Kohn
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Minnesota, Crookston
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.79 / 8.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions

Gross GHG emissions

Gross Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:
Performance year Baseline year
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 5,988 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 6,063 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 300 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 355 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity 3,532 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 3,267 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Total 9,820 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 9,685 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon sinks

Figures needed to determine net carbon sinks:
Performance year Baseline year
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated 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
Carbon storage from non-additional sequestration 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon sold or transferred 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Net carbon sinks 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

If total performance year carbon sinks are greater than zero, provide:

A brief description of the carbon sinks, including vendor, project source, verification program and contract timeframes (as applicable):
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Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:
Performance year Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions 9,820 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 9,685 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Performance and baseline periods

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Performance year Baseline year
Start date July 1, 2021 July 1, 2017
End date June 30, 2022 June 30, 2018

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
Fiscal year 2009 was the first year that a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory was documented. However, the fugitive emissions documented are an outlier compared to all previous years and direct transportation is also much higher for several of the early inventories indicating a change in methodology. Without proper documentation for earlier inventories and lower confidence in the data collection methods aligning with today's, we have chosen FY2018 as the baseline.

Part 1. Reduction in GHG emissions per person

Weighted campus users

Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance year Baseline year
Number of students resident on-site 361 487
Number of employees resident on-site 4 4
Number of other individuals resident on-site 0 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 1,500 1,795
Full-time equivalent of employees 226 269
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 651 646
Weighted Campus Users 897.50 1,186.25

Metrics used in scoring for Part 1

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user:
Performance year Baseline year
Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user 10.94 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 8.16 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Percentage reduction in adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
724,357 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor area
Laboratory space 72,842 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 18,786 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
888,827 Gross square feet

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Adjusted net Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
0.01 MtCO2e per square foot

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:
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Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Note the GSF includes buildings that may be rarely used/occupied and do not have heat (storage/barns). The NWROC Agriculture Research Center would also be supplied by Crookston's steam system (12,604 square feet), but is not within the STARS boundary and is not included in the GSF.

Number of employees resident on-site was not available for FY18. Inserted 4 as a proxy from FY22. FY21 had 3 employees residing on site so there is some evidence that this is a consistent number of people.

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