Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.88
Liaison Kristina Hope
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Knox College
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.41 / 10.00 Deb Steinberg
Director of Campus Sustainability Initiatives
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 No
Commuting No
Purchased goods and services No
Capital goods No
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 No
Waste generated in operations No

Does the institution's GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from other categories?:
No

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

Knox has comprehensive energy usage inventories for all buildings from 2006 to 2013 and inventories for the core campus (which makes up 90% of all energy usage) from 1999 to 2013. Data from 2009-2010 was used for a GHG audit, using the "Clean Air - Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator"


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?:
No

A brief description of the internal and/or external verification process:
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Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 6,882.90 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 5,764.10 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 114.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 116.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 5,685.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 7,073.70 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from other sources 562.30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 699.60 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 1,100 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1,100 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon storage from on-site composting 30 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased 0 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 is calculated for the ~640-acre forest at Green Oaks. We used the value of 1,060 pounds of carbon/acre/yr (from USDA Forest Service General Technical Report WO-59 August 1992) Page 39; then converted C to CO2


A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:

In 2012, compost of most pre-consumer cafeteria materials began (approximately 30 tons/year). 100% of campus landscaping waste is composted either on or off-site. (Since this assessment was conducted, the school has increased composting efforts to include all pre- and post-consumer food in sit-down dining establishments.


A brief description of the purchased carbon offsets, including third party verifier(s) and contract timeframes:
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Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 1,216 1,105
Number of residential employees 3 3
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 1,408 1,229
Full-time equivalent of employees 384 346
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 July 1, 2012 June 30, 2013
Baseline Year July 1, 2005 June 30, 2006

A brief description of when and why the GHG emissions baseline was adopted:
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Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
1,100,000 Square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 38,338 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 84,153 Square feet

Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel ---
Commuting ---
Purchased goods and services ---
Capital goods ---
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 ---
Waste generated in operations ---
Other categories (please specify below) ---

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