Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.96
Liaison Jacob Saffert
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Saint John's University
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.99 / 14.00 Theo Eggermont
Sustainability Fellow
Office of Sustainability
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Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
27,027.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed carbon offsets generated, 2005:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Third-party verified carbon offsets purchased, 2005:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

On-campus residents, 2005:
1,390
+ Date Revised: Aug. 7, 2012

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
777
+ Date Revised: Aug. 7, 2012

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
87
+ Date Revised: Aug. 7, 2012

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
22,771 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Off-site, institution-catalyzed offsets generated, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Carbon offsets purchased, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

On-campus residents, performance year:
1,522
+ Date Revised: Aug. 7, 2012

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
766
+ Date Revised: Aug. 7, 2012

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
129
+ Date Revised: Aug. 7, 2012

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Due to the office of sustainability starting in 2009, the 2008 greenhouse gas inventory (containing the 2005 emissions) was completed by a group of student interns. As such, different methods were used. One of the major differences was the 2005 emissions includes the greater St. John's emissions including the monastery, Liturgical Press, and and Hill Manuscript Museum (which are not SJU). To correct for this, the electricity and steam numbers were multiplied by .692 (the percentage of the square feet occupied by SJU in 2010).


Due to the office of sustainability starting in 2009, the 2008 greenhouse gas inventory (containing the 2005 emissions) was completed by a group of student interns. As such, different methods were used. One of the major differences was the 2005 emissions includes the greater St. John's emissions including the monastery, Liturgical Press, and and Hill Manuscript Museum (which are not SJU). To correct for this, the electricity and steam numbers were multiplied by .692 (the percentage of the square feet occupied by SJU in 2010).

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