ACUPCC Reporting System

GHG Report for Jamestown Community College

Submitted on February 4, 2010; last updated on February 4, 2010

Summary Statistics

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Total Per Full-Time Enrollment Per 1000 Square Feet % Offset
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2) 25,696 metric tons of CO2e 6.7 metric tons of CO2e 35.7 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) 38,379 metric tons of CO2e 9.9 metric tons of CO2e 53.3 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Net emissions 38,379 metric tons of CO2e 9.9 metric tons of CO2e 53.3 metric tons of CO2e N/A

Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries

Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report September 1, 2007
Consolidation methodology used to determine organizational boundaries Operational control approach
If any institution-owned, leased, or operated buildings or other holdings that should fall within the organizational boundaries are omitted, briefly explain why.

When completing an inventory, organizational boundaries must be determined to identify which buildings and spaces are to be included in the inventory? In this case, SUNY JCC chose to complete this inventory using the control approach; more specifically, the operational control approach. This means that all buildings and spaces over which the college has power of management over the daily activities of business are to be included in the inventory. The dorms, which were not in use during the chosen inventory year, fall under this control and will be included in future inventories.
Emissions calculation tool used Custom tool
Please describe why this tool was selected.

The CA-CP Campus Carbon Calculator
is the most commonly used GHG inventory tool among colleges and universities in the United States. It is recommended by the ACUPCC as a calculation tool and was originally the tool to be used for this inventory. The project team determined to create a separate tool specifically designed to JCC in an attempt to make it easier for future inventories to be completed comparatively.Website: http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org
Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.

No information provided
Which version of IPCC's list of global warming potentials did you use? No information provided
Who primarily conducted this emissions inventory? Two student interns, four student volunteers and two faculty sponsors undertook the task of completi
Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.

This inventory identifies sources of GHG emissions across the multiple campuses that comprise SUNY Jamestown Community College. It then quantifies and categorizes these sources with the intent of both identifying and establishing an emissions baseline. Finally, this inventory report analyzes the results of this inventory by identifying possible action steps for reducing the college’s carbon footprint.In order to conduct a truthful and fair inventory of the college’s GHG emissions, certain principals were accepted as boundaries for whether to report various categories. These principals are as follows:
1. Relevance: Ensuring that the GHG inventory appropriately reflects GHG emissions and serves the decision-making needs of users—both internal and external.
2. Completeness: Accounting for and reportnig all GHG emission sources and activities within the defined inventory boundary.
3. Consistency: Using consistent methodologies to allow for meaningful comparisons of emissions over time.
4. Transparency: Addressing all relevant issues in a factual and coherent manner, based on a clear data. Also disclosing any relevant assumptions and making appropriate references to the accounting and calculation methodologies and data sources used.
5. Accuracy: Ensuring that the quantification of GHG emissions is neither systematically overstating nor understating your true emissions, and that uncertainties are reduced as much as practicable.
Please describe any emissions sources that were classified as de minimis and explain how a determination of the significance of these emissions was made.

No information provided
Please describe any data limitations related to this submission and any major assumptions made in response to these limitations.

In this case SUNY JCC records number of miles driven for reimbursement purposes, but does not keep track of personal vehicle types. In order to account for this, an average was taken from the emission factor recorded in the GRP report. This is referenced in the GHG Inventory Excel Template.

Emissions Data

Emissions from the following sources (in metric tons of CO2e)

Scope 1 Emissions
Stationary Combustion 166.17 metric tons of CO2e
Mobile Combustion 3,506.82 metric tons of CO2e
Process Emissions 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Fugitive Emissions 0.007 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 1 emissions 3,672.997 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions
Purchased Electricity 22,022.84 metric tons of CO2e
Purchased Heating 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Purchased Cooling 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Purchased Steam 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 2 emissions 22,022.84 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions
Commuting 7,280.59 metric tons of CO2e
Air Travel 5,162.58 metric tons of CO2e
Solid Waste 239.93 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 3 emissions 12,683.1 metric tons of CO2e
Biogenic Emissions
Biogenic Emissions from Stationary Combustion No information provided
Biogenic Emissions from Mobile Combustion No information provided

Mitigation Data

Carbon Offsets
Carbon offsets purchased No information provided
Offset verification program(s) No information provided
Description of offsets purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)

JCC does not currently purchase offsets, but they are involved in both recycling and tree preservation.
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Total RECs purchased None kWh
Percent of total electricity consumption mitigated through the purchase of RECs None %
Emissions reductions due to the purchase of RECs No information provided
REC verification program(s) No information provided
Description of RECs purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)

JCC does not currently purchase RECs, but they are involved in both recycling and tree preservation.
Sequestration and Carbon Storage
Sequestration due to land owned by the institution No information provided
Description of how sequestration was calculated

No information provided

Carbon storage due to composting No information provided

Normalization and Contextual Data

Building Space
Gross square feet of building space 720,382.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of laboratory space No information provided
Net assignable square feet of health care space No information provided
Net assignable square feet of residential space No information provided
Population
Total Student Enrollment (FTE) 3860.0
Residential Students No information provided
Full-time Commuter Students No information provided
Part-time Commuter Students No information provided
Non-Credit Students No information provided
Full-time Faculty No information provided
Part-time Faculty No information provided
Full-time Staff No information provided
Part-time Staff No information provided
Other Contextual Data
Endowment Size No information provided
Heating Degree Days No information provided
Cooling Degree Days No information provided
Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.

No information provided

Supporting Documentation

Completed inventory narrative Greenhouse Gas Inventory SUNY JCC
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Completed inventory calculator No information provided

Auditing and Verification

These emissions data have not been audited, verified, or peer-reviewed.