Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.04
Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date March 30, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Minnesota, Morris
OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have policies and/or guidelines in place to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of the policies and/or guidelines to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources:

The University of Minnesota, Morris encourages the use of lower impact transportation alternatives that increase fuel efficiency, provide more sustainable fuel options and help reduce the miles traveled on-campus, to campus and as part of the University of Minnesota enterprise. The University also strives to reduce emissions to the environment.

UMM anti-idling guidelines:

Unnecessary idling of Morris department vehicles is not permitted and may only be idled under certain circumstances. Idling is allowable only if there is a business justification (e.g., running a liftgate). A general rule is that if the vehicle will be stopped for longer than a wait at a stop light the vehicle should be shut off. Under normal weather conditions no vehicle shall idle for more than two minutes.

For non-diesel fueled vehicles if the temperature is below positive twenty degrees Fahrenheit a warm up of three minutes will be allowed if the vehicle has been shut off for more than four hours. All vehicle manufacturers agree that vehicles do not need a warm up period before starting a trip.
For diesel-fueled vehicles an appropriate warm-up period is allowed. However, once the engine is properly warmed up it can be shut-off for stops.


Has the institution completed an inventory of significant air emissions from stationary campus sources or else verified that no such emissions are produced?:
Yes

Weight of the following categories of air emissions from stationary sources::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 5.41 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0.15 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) 4.47 Tons
Particulate matter (PM) 0.41 Tons
Ozone (O3) 0 Tons
Lead (Pb) 0 Tons
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) 0.00 Tons
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) 0 Tons
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations 0 Tons

A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:

We submit data to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency each year with this data. This is data from our 2017 submission.


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