University of Pennsylvania
PRE-3: Institutional Boundary

Penn's 299-acre urban campus is located in the West Philadelphia neighborhood known as University City, just across the Schuylkill River from Center City Philadelphia. All Penn facilities except the Morris Arboretum and the New Bolton Center large-animal hospital are located on the University City campus. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has been largely excluded from this submission as it cover's Penn's main academic campus.

The geography of Penn's Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 focuses on Penn's main academic campus and sets goals to include affiliated institutions into Penn's carbon footprint between 2019-2024. The affiliated institutions that will be incorporated, but are currently not included in Penn's carbon footprint are: the 82-acre Morris Arboretum, and the 700+ acre New Bolton Large Animal Center, as well as Penn's Real Estate portfolio. These added affiliated institutions, while part of Penn's overall corporate structure, have their own facilities staff and energy management teams. As such, the University’s facilities division (which includes the Penn Sustainability Office) has less direct control over their operations and management, and the operational metrics associated with these institutions are therefore excluded from this STARS report. However, these affiliated institutions have completed carbon inventories and have implemented a variety of initiatives related to energy conservation and environmental sustainability.

The University of Pennsylvania is a major research institution, with over 3,000 degrees granted annually from twelve professional and academic schools at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate levels. Penn is committed to reducing emissions and energy use, as stated in the 2019 "Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0." This submission documents Penn's efforts during the FY19/20 year and compares them to the FY09 baseline year which corresponds with the University's "Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0." The submission relies on information related to the main, academic, West Philadelphia campus, but to more fully document efforts across the Penn system, information related to the Morris Arboretum and New Bolton has also been referenced and noted as outside the boundary in descriptions. The information is used to enrich examples of University efforts and is not intended to be the primary justification for credits. The responses for each of the questions and sub-questions are drawn from University materials, both internal and public documents. Each section notes the website where the information can be found.