Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	73.80
Liaison	Corey Peterson
Submission Date	June 2, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Tasmania
OP-2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	8.00 / 8.00	Sustainability Team UTAS Infrastructure Services and Development

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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	2,751 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	2,512 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources	2,668 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1,777 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported electricity	5,502 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	7,647.21 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	10,921 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	11,936.21 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon sinks

Figures needed to determine net carbon sinks:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased	27,246 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	27,246 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):

Biodiverse Carbon, acting on behalf of the University of Tasmania, completed the surrender (extinguishment) of carbon offsets, as verified carbon credits, to offset its 2021 calendar year greenhouse gas emissions in order to maintain carbon neutral certification under the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard in April 2022. Additional offsets were retired and banked for future use.
The surrendered carbon credits comprise a mix of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated under the Australian Emissions Reduction Fund (Carbon Farming Initiative) and Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) generated under the Verified Carbon Standard. All of the credit types included are compliant with the (Australian) Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard.

Adjusted net GHG emissions

Adjusted net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions:

	Performance year	Baseline year
Adjusted net GHG emissions	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	11,936.21 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	Jan. 1, 2021	Jan. 1, 2015
End date	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2015

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:

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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	1,241	908.58
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0.67
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0.58
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	17,659	15,500.97
Full-time equivalent of employees	2,895	2,743.76
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	6,216	3,648.29
Weighted Campus Users	11,063.75	11,175.22

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	0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent	1.07 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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

100

Part 2. GHG emissions per unit of floor area

Performance year floor area

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

420,914 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	15,258 Square meters
Healthcare space	0 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	27,358 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

478,787.79 Gross square meters

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 MtCO2e per square meter

A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives:

Examples of emissions reduction strategies in place at the University of Tasmania include:
• On-site renewable energy production (solar photovoltaic)
• Reduced embodied carbon in newly constructed buildings (minimum 20% reduction compared to a reference building, but 32% projected in two buildings currently under construction).
• Energy efficiency initiatives (e.g., performance contracts, building management and control systems upgrades, equipment upgrades, fuel source replacement)
• Sustainable transport infrastructure and service improvements
• Business travel decrease initiatives (‘virtual transport’)
• Vehicle fleet management (including 3 all-electric in 2021 and aiming for 100% all-electric passenger vehicles in 2024)
• Furniture and IT equipment re-use programs
• Paper and toner use reduction initiatives (MyPrint, virtualisation)
• Engagement initiatives such as: challenges, competitions and displays; annual building level energy reporting; holiday shutdown; green Impact staff engagement program
See UTAS Public Disclosure Summaries in Department of Environment and Energy website for more details: https://www.climateactive.org.au/buy-climate-active/certified-members/university-tasmania

Website URL where information about the institution's GHG emissions is available:

https://www.utas.edu.au/infrastructure-services-development/sustainability/greenhouse-gas-emissions

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

All data for emissions are taken from the UTAS Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2015 and 2021, except market-based scope 2 emissions from electricity. Market-based scope 2 emissions for those years were calculated as total supply through the meter minus number of Large Generation Certificates (LGCs) purchased and cancelled by electricity providers (assumed to be the minimum required by the Clean Energy Regulator, Australian Government) for the reported year. In the absence of a more specific emission factor, the location-based method emission factor was applied to the residual mix, following the Greenhouse Gas Protocol guidelines. Location emissions factors sourced from Australian National Greenhouse Accounts (Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources).

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