Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 75.79
Liaison Mary Whitney
Submission Date Sept. 22, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Chatham University
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.24 / 10.00 Mary Whitney
University Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include all Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions?:
Yes

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 No
Capital goods No
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes
Waste generated in operations No

Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
Yes

A brief description of the methodology and/or tool used to complete the GHG emissions inventory:

Chatham uses the Clean-Air Cool Planet spreadsheet calculator (now available from University New Hampshire).


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

A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:

We verify internally with invoice and billing data, as well as cross-checking with our energy billing services vendor.


Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 3,592.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1,735.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 8,626.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 6,876.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

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 180 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 12 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon storage from on-site composting 292 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 23 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased 8,337 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of the institution-catalyzed carbon offsets program:
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A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:

Carbon sequestration from land preservation sequestration estimates from the EPA (forest-type specific), cross-checked with US Forest Service iTree data.


A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:

Chatham composts at the Eden Hall campus and has a very small-scale composter at the Shadyside campus, in addition to our commercial compost site, about 2 miles from Eastside campus.


A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:

We purchase Green-e Certified renewable energy credits from Renewable Choice on an annual basis.


Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 500 400
Number of residential employees 12 0
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 2,170 973
Full-time equivalent of employees 328 249
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2013 Dec. 31, 2013
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2005 Dec. 31, 2005

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:

Our 2005 Baseline was determined by STARS requirements at the time we began our STARS reporting.


Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
984,000 Square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 60,000 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 0 Square feet

Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 940,668 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 2,686 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services 0 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 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other categories (please specify below) 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of the sources included in Scope 3 GHG emissions from "other categories":

Not applicable


A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
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The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
A brief description of the institution’s GHG emissions reduction initiatives, including efforts made during the previous three years:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We count the employees of our Eastside tenant companies in our weighted campus user calculations. Though they are not a part of Chatham University staff or faculty and therefore do not appear in our IPEDS data, they are significant users of our electricity for their data center and computers. The tenant spaces do not have submeters, so all their usage is shown on our meters.


We count the employees of our Eastside tenant companies in our weighted campus user calculations. Though they are not a part of Chatham University staff or faculty and therefore do not appear in our IPEDS data, they are significant users of our electricity for their data center and computers. The tenant spaces do not have submeters, so all their usage is shown on our meters.

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.