GHG Report for Augsburg College
Submitted on January 15, 2009; last updated on November 2, 2009
Summary Statistics
Making fair comparisons between higher education institutions is always challenging due to the rich diversity of higher education. The unverified nature of the information in this database and unavailability of unbiased normalization metrics means such comparisons are even more difficult. Users should therefore approach direct institution to institution comparisons with caution and recognize that all comparisons between institutions are inherently biased.| Total | Per Full-Time Enrollment | Per 1000 Square Feet | % Offset | |
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| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2) | 18,953 metric tons of CO2e | 5.4 metric tons of CO2e | 18.1 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 21,669 metric tons of CO2e | 6.2 metric tons of CO2e | 20.7 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Net emissions | 21,669 metric tons of CO2e | 6.2 metric tons of CO2e | 20.7 metric tons of CO2e | N/A |
Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries
| Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report | June 1, 2007 |
| Consolidation methodology used to determine organizational boundaries | Operational control approach |
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If any institution-owned, leased, or operated buildings or other holdings that should fall within the organizational boundaries are omitted, briefly explain why.
Athletic dome was omitted from the campus square footage total because it is taken down for 6-7 months of the year. Office space for approximately 20 staff was leased in downtown Minneapolis for FY2007 while their new office space was under construction on campus. Space is leased in a Rochester church and at United Hospital in St. Paul for part-time adult learners that total about 300 or 10% of the student head count. Energy data for these areas was not available. |
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
The CA-CP calculator was immediately available and tested. Instructions were available and useful. |
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Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.
We used emission coefficients as provided by the calculator. |
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| Which version of IPCC's list of global warming potentials did you use? | Third Assessment Report |
| Who primarily conducted this emissions inventory? | Facilities staff, Chair of Environmental Stewardship Committee |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
The Enviromental Stewardship Committee Chair, Tom Ruffaner coordinated the collection of all the data, and received some assistance from the Facilities Department, Business Office, Human Resources and Enrollment in attaining campus wide utility data, miscellaneous invoice data, staff and enrollment data. Tom was resposible for data quality control and entered data into the CA-CP calculator and he produced the inventory narrative report with the exception that John Harkness, English Professor wrote the introduction and Reid Larson designed and exectuted the commuter survey and wrote the commuter section of the narrative. |
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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 |
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Please describe any data limitations related to this submission and any major assumptions made in response to these limitations.
Staff population data for FY 2001-2003 were approximated because computer system update in FY 4004 made accessing old data impossible. Air transportation data For FY 2004 - FY 2007 was approximated based on hard data for FY 2008 that was reported as typical. Waste data was approximated by Allied Waste based on scheduled service not weight. Dome structure (not up 6-7 months of year) was not included in the campus square footage totals. |
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Emissions Data
Emissions from the following sources (in metric tons of CO2e)
| Scope 1 Emissions | |
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| Stationary Combustion | 792.7 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 63.4 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 2,588.7 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 3,444.8 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 10,151.3 metric tons of CO2e |
| Purchased Heating | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Purchased Cooling | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Purchased Steam | 5,357.2 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 2 emissions | 15,508.5 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 1,665.6 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 884.8 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | 165.3 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 2,715.7 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 | |
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| Carbon offsets purchased | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Offset verification program(s) | No information provided |
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Description of offsets purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)
No information provided |
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| Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) | |
| Total RECs purchased | 0 kWh |
| Percent of total electricity consumption mitigated through the purchase of RECs | 0.0 % |
| Emissions reductions due to the purchase of RECs | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| REC verification program(s) | No information provided |
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Description of RECs purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)
No information provided |
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| Sequestration and Carbon Storage | |
| Sequestration due to land owned by the institution | No information provided |
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Description of how sequestration was calculated
No information provided |
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| Carbon storage due to composting | No information provided |
Normalization and Contextual Data
| Building Space | |
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| Gross square feet of building space | 1,045,189.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of laboratory space | 0.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of health care space | 0.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of residential space | 363,897.0 sq ft |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 3492.0 |
| Residential Students | 1043 |
| Full-time Commuter Students | 691 |
| Part-time Commuter Students | 1756 |
| Non-Credit Students | No information provided |
| Full-time Faculty | 185 |
| Part-time Faculty | 214 |
| Full-time Staff | 356 |
| Part-time Staff | 228 |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | 24000000 |
| Heating Degree Days | 7099 |
| Cooling Degree Days | 1129 |
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Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.
No information provided |
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Supporting Documentation
| Completed inventory narrative |
Augsburg College Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory: FY 2001-2008 Download |
| Completed inventory calculator | Download |