Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.24
Liaison Tess Esposito
Submission Date Feb. 23, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Dayton
OP-1: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.97 / 10.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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

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:

Since 2008, the university has engaged with a consultant using Clean Air-Cool Planet’s Campus Carbon Calculator to measure campus emissions. Staff and students have been responsible for gathering data from various campus departments.


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:

Internally, each category of emissions is verified by the staff responsible for the area the data comes from. For example, Dining Services employees are responsible for the accuracy of the emissions calculated to have come from food and organics recycling. Externally, the consultant we engage with verifies the accuracy of our entire report (with the assumption we have provided accurate data).


Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Scope 1 GHG emissions from stationary combustion 15,886 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 13,771 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 1 GHG emissions from other sources 666 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 660 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity 53,885 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 50,727 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 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Carbon storage from on-site composting 60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent 93 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:

NA


A brief description of the carbon sequestration program and reporting protocol used:

NA


A brief description of the composting and carbon storage program:

Dining services collects food waste on-site, sorts it, and sends it to a commercial composting operation in the Dayton area. The grounds operation collects yard waste and composts it in on-site locations.


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

NA


Figures needed to determine “Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 6,109 5,582
Number of residential employees 0 0
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 10,092 10,043
Full-time equivalent of employees 2,639 2,376
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 229 355

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2011 Dec. 31, 2011

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

We chose this baseline because our first STARS report was submitted in 2011


Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
4,371,432 Square feet

Floor area of energy intensive building space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 253,695 Square feet
Healthcare space 3,964 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 27,906 Square feet

Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year::
Emissions
Business travel 7,242 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting 4,494 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services 417 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 3,330 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":

NA


A copy of the most recent GHG emissions inventory:
The website URL where the GHG emissions inventory is posted:
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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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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.