GHG Report for Berry College
Submitted on January 15, 2009; last updated on January 23, 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) | 30,362 metric tons of CO2e | 18.1 metric tons of CO2e | 23.5 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 34,062 metric tons of CO2e | 20.3 metric tons of CO2e | 26.3 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Net emissions | 34,062 metric tons of CO2e | 20.3 metric tons of CO2e | 26.3 metric tons of CO2e | N/A |
Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries
| Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report | July 1, 2007 |
| Consolidation methodology used to determine organizational boundaries | No information provided |
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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.
Our old dairy facility is leased to a private foundation and is currently used as a retreat. The daily operation of this facility is outside the control of the college and therefore was not included in this inventory. |
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
It was recommended by a number of other schools and the ACUPCC |
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Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.
CA-CP Campus Carbon Calculator's default emissions coefficients |
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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? | Faculty, Staff, and Students |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
An ad hoc committee, composed of staff, faculty, and students, was organized in September of 2007, and charged with meeting the requirements of the ACUPCC agreement. The committee served as a clearinghouse for the data collection, much of which was collected by students. The travel and commuting data were obtained by extrapolation of survey results. Solid-waste data was based on a weekly average measured during the 2008 Recyclemania competition. The remaining values were obtained by actual measurements made during the appropriate time frame. |
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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.
Travel and commuting values were based on survey results. Just over 10% of the students responded to a written survey distributed in the student center and approximately 20% of the faculty/staff completed an on-line survey. The college currently does not track college-reimbursed travel in a way that is conducive for this type of data collection, so the values listed only represent an estimate. We are looking a ways to better capture this information for future reports. |
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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 | 3,821.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 756.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 1,195.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 5,772.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 24,590.0 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 | 24,590.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 2,330.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 607.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | 583.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Other financed travel | 180.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 3,700.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Biogenic Emissions | |
| Biogenic Emissions from Stationary Combustion | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Biogenic Emissions from Mobile Combustion | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
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 | None % |
| Emissions reductions due to the purchase of RECs | No information provided |
| 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 | 1,293,723.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of laboratory space | 12,730.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of health care space | 3,289.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of residential space | 394,553.0 sq ft |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 1676.0 |
| Residential Students | 1291 |
| Full-time Commuter Students | 385 |
| Part-time Commuter Students | No information provided |
| Non-Credit Students | No information provided |
| Full-time Faculty | 185 |
| Part-time Faculty | No information provided |
| Full-time Staff | 336 |
| Part-time Staff | No information provided |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | 656573962 |
| Heating Degree Days | 3312 |
| Cooling Degree Days | 2104 |
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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 | No information provided |
| Completed inventory calculator | Download |