ACUPCC Reporting System

GHG Report for Cabrillo College

Submitted on July 23, 2009; last updated on May 21, 2013

Summary Statistics

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Total Per Full-Time Enrollment Per 1000 Square Feet % Offset
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2) 4,097 metric tons of CO2e 0.4 metric tons of CO2e 6.1 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) 9,361 metric tons of CO2e 0.8 metric tons of CO2e 14.0 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Net emissions 9,361 metric tons of CO2e 0.8 metric tons of CO2e 14.0 metric tons of CO2e N/A

Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries

Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report January 1, 2008
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.

Leased Scotts Valley space is omitted because it is small and the data is not easily obtained.

Emissions calculation tool used Clean Air-Cool Planet
Please describe why this tool was selected.

Clean Air Cool Planet's GHG inventory tools and methodology are the most commonly used standard for higher education.
Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.

CA-CP Campus Carbon Calculator's default emissions coefficients.
Which version of IPCC's list of global warming potentials did you use? Third Assessment Report
Who primarily conducted this emissions inventory? Climate Initiative Task Force
Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.

Please see attached narrative.
Please describe any emissions sources that were classified as de minimis and explain how a determination of the significance of these emissions was made.

Air travel, Fertilizer, Biogenic Emisssions and Refrigerants
Funds for air travel have been reduced and are likely represent less than 5% of campus emissions.
Since solid waste accounts for .3% of emissions, it is likely fertilizer and refrigerants will be less than 1%. Football field is Astroturf.

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

Please see attached narrative.

Emissions Data

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

Scope 1 Emissions
Stationary Combustion 1,883.0 metric tons of CO2e
Mobile Combustion 162.0 metric tons of CO2e
Process Emissions 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Fugitive Emissions 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 1 emissions 2,045.0 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions
Purchased Electricity 2,052.0 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 2,052.0 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions
Commuting 5,235.0 metric tons of CO2e
Air Travel 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Solid Waste 29.0 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 3 emissions 5,264.0 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 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
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 0 kWh
Percent of total electricity consumption mitigated through the purchase of RECs 0.0 %
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.)

N/A
Sequestration and Carbon Storage
Sequestration due to land owned by the institution 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Description of how sequestration was calculated

N/A

Carbon storage due to composting 0.0 metric tons of CO2e

Normalization and Contextual Data

Building Space
Gross square feet of building space 671,000.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of laboratory space 0.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of health care space 1,775.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of residential space 0.0 sq ft
Population
Total Student Enrollment (FTE) 11610.0
Residential Students No information provided
Full-time Commuter Students 5786
Part-time Commuter Students 18155
Non-Credit Students No information provided
Full-time Faculty 217
Part-time Faculty 403
Full-time Staff 313
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.

Please see narrative report

Supporting Documentation

Completed inventory narrative Cabrillo College Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 2011 Update to 2008 Report
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Completed inventory calculator Download

Auditing and Verification

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

Data was provided and reviewed by many college students, staff, faculty and administrators. Please see narrative report for further details. Reports were provided to administrators,faculty, staff and students for review.