Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 58.64 |
Liaison | Jessica Bilecki |
Submission Date | March 3, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of the Pacific
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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6.04 / 10.00 |
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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 | Yes |
Capital goods | Yes |
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:
For multiple years, Pacific has contracted with a private consultant specializing in estimating GHG emissions for universities.
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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:
A data qualification process is conducted with the external consultant to validate data, application of data, and methodology for analysis as applicable to the specific parameters of our campus.
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion | 3,640 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 5,542 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources | 0.36 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 0.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity | 8,000 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent | 9,164 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 | 0 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:
N.A.
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A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
N.A.
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of residential students | 1,792 | 2,142 |
Number of residential employees | 82 | 80 |
Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Full-time equivalent enrollment | 5,206.70 | 4,681.75 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,268.86 | 1,226.78 |
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 | Jan. 1, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2012 |
Baseline Year | Jan. 1, 2009 | Dec. 31, 2009 |
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A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
N.A.
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
2,018,731
Square feet
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Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 111,000 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 34,300 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space | 21,000 Square feet |
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Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions | |
Business travel | 2,991.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Commuting | 4,808.40 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Purchased goods and services | 192 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 | 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Waste generated in operations | 2,743.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Other categories (please specify below) | 1,230 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 included Transfer and Distribution Losses (6.41%) & Study Abroad air travel (3.84%)
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A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
None
The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
None
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:
Pacific has worked to reduce our GHG emissions in a variety of ways, including but not limited to: promoting commute connection to encourage carpooling and green vehicles, bike to work week, transitioning to a dominant electric vehicle cart fleet, reduced KWH and THERMS usage across campus, a reduction in refrigerants and chemicals, an increase in the amount of recycled paper purchases, follow summer hours (reducing the amount of electricity used due to the reduction of the hours of operations), and currently looking at a flex work policy.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data was taken from Sightlines FY09 and FY12 report.
2012 FTE of employees was calculated using data acquired from HR.
2009 FTE of employees was calculated by creating a discount % from two data sets received from HR. With that equation, we calculated the students and staff FTE.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.