Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.72
Liaison Jim Walker
Submission Date June 6, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Texas at Austin
OP-1: Emissions Inventory and Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Jim Walker
Director of Sustainability, Financial, and Administrative Services
University Operations
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Has the institution conducted a GHG emissions inventory within the previous three years that includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions? :
Yes

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

The Office of Sustainability uses the University of New Hampshire SIMAP tool.


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 GHG inventory verification process:

UT Austin invested in the SIMAP Data Review service. Their report is attached.

https://unhsimap.org/cmap/request-data-review


Documentation to support the GHG inventory verification process:
Gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
Weight in MTCO2e
Stationary combustion 201,611.50 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources (mobile combustion, process emissions, fugitive emissions) 6,815.50 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 1 GHG emissions, performance year:
208,427 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year (market-based):
Weight in MTCO2e
Imported electricity 43,086.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Imported thermal energy 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total gross Scope 2 GHG emissions, performance year:
43,086.20 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Gross GHG emissions from biogenic sources, performance year:
0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Does the GHG emissions inventory include Scope 3 emissions from the following sources?:
Yes or No Weight in MTCO2e
Business travel Yes 5,492 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Commuting Yes 19,932 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Purchased goods and services Yes 238,963 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Capital goods Yes 327,235 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 Yes 60,724 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Waste generated in operations Yes 5,689.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Other sources --- 0 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions, performance year:
658,035.60 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

A brief description of how the institution accounted for its Scope 3 emissions:

The Office of Sustainability uses the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 3 Evaluator tool.


Has the institution completed an inventory within the previous three years to quantify its air pollutant emissions?:
Yes

Annual weight of emissions for::
Weight of Emissions
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 358.51 Tons
Sulfur oxides (SOx) 2.68 Tons
Carbon monoxide (CO) ---
Particulate matter (PM) ---
Ozone (O3) ---
Lead (Pb) ---
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) ---
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) ---
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations ---

Do the air pollutant emissions figures provided include the following sources?:
Yes or No
Major stationary sources Yes
Area sources ---
Mobile sources Yes
Commuting Yes
Off-site electricity production ---

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

SIMAP results include NOx results for several emissions categories.

SOx data for major stationary sources only as reported to EPA.


Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from purchased electricity (location-based):
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Gross Scope 2 GHG emissions from imported thermal energy (location-based) :
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Website URL where information about the institution’s emissions inventories is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The SIMAP Data Review identified several issues to improve UT Austin GHG reporting, these recommendations will be incorporated into the next campus GHG inventory in Fall 2022.


The SIMAP Data Review identified several issues to improve UT Austin GHG reporting, these recommendations will be incorporated into the next campus GHG inventory in Fall 2022.

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