ACUPCC Reporting System

GHG Report for Hampshire College

Submitted on September 9, 2011; last updated on February 19, 2013

Summary Statistics

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Total Per Full-Time Enrollment Per 1000 Square Feet % Offset
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2) 4,417 metric tons of CO2e 3.2 metric tons of CO2e 5.5 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) 6,270 metric tons of CO2e 4.5 metric tons of CO2e 7.7 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Net emissions 6,263 metric tons of CO2e 4.5 metric tons of CO2e 7.7 metric tons of CO2e N/A

Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries

Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report July 1, 2009
Consolidation methodology used to determine organizational boundaries Operational control approach
If any institution-owned, leased, or operated buildings or other holdings that should fall within the organizational boundaries are omitted, briefly explain why.

No buildings were omitted from the analysis
Emissions calculation tool used Clean Air-Cool Planet
Please describe why this tool was selected.

CA-CP is the standard calculator used by Sightlines, LLC in the Go-Green analysis
Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.

CA-CP emission coefficients were used, no edits were made to these. For electricity used the eGRID emissions factor for the New England region.
Which version of IPCC's list of global warming potentials did you use? Third Assessment Report
Who primarily conducted this emissions inventory? External consultant
Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.

Sightlines works in partnership with the College in collecting and qualifying emissions data. Sightlines completes this service with Hampshire annually.
Please describe any emissions sources that were classified as de minimis and explain how a determination of the significance of these emissions was made.

N/A
Please describe any data limitations related to this submission and any major assumptions made in response to these limitations.

The only significant data limitations identified by Sightlines were regarding wastewater. Hampshire College does not have abatement meters that separate utility water consumption, irrigation consumption and personal water usage. As a result total institutional water consumption is entered as wastewater.
In addition, commuting habits of employees and students were assumed to be 100% drive alone. These assumptions will be revised during the FY11 Go-Green update.

Emissions Data

Emissions from the following sources (in metric tons of CO2e)

Scope 1 Emissions
Stationary Combustion 1,473.58 metric tons of CO2e
Mobile Combustion 256.0 metric tons of CO2e
Process Emissions 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Fugitive Emissions 357.0 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 1 emissions 2,086.58 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions
Purchased Electricity 2,330.5 metric tons of CO2e
Purchased Heating 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Purchased Cooling 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Purchased Steam 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 2 emissions 2,330.5 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions
Commuting 545.96 metric tons of CO2e
Air Travel 963.11 metric tons of CO2e
Solid Waste 77.24 metric tons of CO2e
Wastewater 9.63 metric tons of CO2e
Paper 26.75 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 2 T&D Losses 230.49 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 3 emissions 1,853.18 metric tons of CO2e
Biogenic Emissions
Biogenic Emissions from Stationary Combustion 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Biogenic Emissions from Mobile Combustion 0.0 metric tons of CO2e

Mitigation Data

Carbon Offsets
Carbon offsets purchased No information provided
Offset verification program(s) No information provided
Description of offsets purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)

No information provided
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Total RECs purchased None kWh
Percent of total electricity consumption mitigated through the purchase of RECs None %
Emissions reductions due to the purchase of RECs No information provided
REC verification program(s) No information provided
Description of RECs purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)

No information provided
Sequestration and Carbon Storage
Sequestration due to land owned by the institution No information provided
Description of how sequestration was calculated

No information provided

Carbon storage due to composting 7.69 metric tons of CO2e

Normalization and Contextual Data

Building Space
Gross square feet of building space 809,796.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of laboratory space No information provided
Net assignable square feet of health care space No information provided
Net assignable square feet of residential space 367,722.0 sq ft
Population
Total Student Enrollment (FTE) 1387.0
Residential Students No information provided
Full-time Commuter Students No information provided
Part-time Commuter Students No information provided
Non-Credit Students No information provided
Full-time Faculty 116
Part-time Faculty No information provided
Full-time Staff 237
Part-time Staff No information provided
Other Contextual Data
Endowment Size No information provided
Heating Degree Days No information provided
Cooling Degree Days No information provided
Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.

Significant release of refrigerants in FY10 led to an increase in Scope 1 emissions even as natural gas consumption decreased. Drops in both directly financed air travel and student study abroad air travel contributed to the decrease in Scope 3 emissions.

Supporting Documentation

Completed inventory narrative No information provided
Completed inventory calculator Download

Auditing and Verification

These emissions data have been audited, verified, or peer-reviewed.
Please briefly describe this verification, if any.

Sightlines' Go-Green service qualifies all data collected to check for any errors, anomalies or other red flags. Once this internal process has been completed Sightlines gives a qualification presentation to address these issues with the College.