Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.54
Liaison Elizabeth MacKenzie
Submission Date Aug. 8, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Iowa
OP-5: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.12 / 14.00 Liz Christiansen
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, 2005 :
547,940 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:
5,523

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
26,410

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
6,502

Scope 1 and 2 gross GHG emissions, performance year :
486,059 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

List the start and end dates of the GHG emissions performance year:
July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

On-campus residents, performance year:
5,850

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
27,881

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
6,250

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with GHG performance year):
July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Emissions from UI Hospitals and Clinics are included; it is impossible to separate these figures from Main Campus emissions.

At this time, the Clean Air/Cool Planet protocol does not allow reporting of biogenic CO2 emissions reductions derived from oat hulls. The University of Iowa has been using oat hulls as a biomass fuel since 2003.


Emissions from UI Hospitals and Clinics are included; it is impossible to separate these figures from Main Campus emissions.

At this time, the Clean Air/Cool Planet protocol does not allow reporting of biogenic CO2 emissions reductions derived from oat hulls. The University of Iowa has been using oat hulls as a biomass fuel since 2003.

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