GHG Report for Adams State College
Submitted on September 15, 2009; last updated on September 16, 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) | 10,703 metric tons of CO2e | 11.9 metric tons of CO2e | 12.0 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 15,988 metric tons of CO2e | 17.8 metric tons of CO2e | 17.9 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Net emissions | 15,988 metric tons of CO2e | 17.8 metric tons of CO2e | 17.9 metric tons of CO2e | N/A |
Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries
| Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report | July 1, 2008 |
| 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.
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
Is an industry standard and the "tool of record" for most of the ACUPCC signatories. |
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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? | Liaison |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
The ASC-ACUPCC Liaison conducted meetings, conversations and emails with various offices on campus such as Facilities Services, Business Office, Purchasing, Print Shop as well as our utility services reps (Tiger Natural Gas, Excel Energy). The bulk of the information was gathered from accounting records via our Banner database. For that information that hadn't been gathered in the past such as air travel miles we are initiating processes to capture this information for the future. We began gathering the data via our report-extension request in June 2009. |
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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.
Rental Cars - Capturing data on rental car miles will take some effort to compile the data as this information is not currently captured electronically. Rental car miles could potentially be captured in the future but this would require a change in procedures and forms to have info include in travel paperwork. |
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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 | 3,152.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 67.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 5.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 3,224.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 7,479.0 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 | 7,479.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 4,936.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 349.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | No information provided |
| 0 | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| 0 | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| 0 | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 5,285.0 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.)
NA |
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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.)
NA |
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| Sequestration and Carbon Storage | |
| Sequestration due to land owned by the institution | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
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Description of how sequestration was calculated
na |
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| Carbon storage due to composting | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
Normalization and Contextual Data
| Building Space | |
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| Gross square feet of building space | 892,535.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of laboratory space | 16,348.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of health care space | 0.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of residential space | 268,599.0 sq ft |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 899.0 |
| Residential Students | 723 |
| Full-time Commuter Students | 884 |
| Part-time Commuter Students | 804 |
| Non-Credit Students | No information provided |
| Full-time Faculty | 99 |
| Part-time Faculty | 111 |
| Full-time Staff | 248 |
| Part-time Staff | 38 |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | 100000 |
| Heating Degree Days | 8349 |
| Cooling Degree Days | 374 |
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Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.
na |
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Supporting Documentation
| Completed inventory narrative |
GHG Report Sept2009 Download |
| Completed inventory calculator | Download |