GHG Report for Brandeis University
Submitted on December 22, 2008; last updated on September 15, 2009
Summary Statistics
Making fair comparisons between higher education institutions is always challenging due to the rich diversity of higher education. The unverified nature of the information in this database and unavailability of unbiased normalization metrics means such comparisons are even more difficult. Users should therefore approach direct institution to institution comparisons with caution and recognize that all comparisons between institutions are inherently biased.| Total | Per Full-Time Enrollment | Per 1000 Square Feet | % Offset | |
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| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2) | 37,649 metric tons of CO2e | 7.8 metric tons of CO2e | 14.6 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 46,392 metric tons of CO2e | 9.6 metric tons of CO2e | 18.0 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Net emissions | 46,392 metric tons of CO2e | 9.6 metric tons of CO2e | 18.0 metric tons of CO2e | N/A |
Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries
| Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report | July 1, 2005 |
| Consolidation methodology used to determine organizational boundaries | Financial control approach |
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If any institution-owned, leased, or operated buildings or other holdings that should fall within the organizational boundaries are omitted, briefly explain why.
Nothing was omitted. |
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
Used successfully in the past. |
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Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.
No information provided |
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| Which version of IPCC's list of global warming potentials did you use? | Third Assessment Report |
| Who primarily conducted this emissions inventory? | Sustainability office staff |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
This report is updated as of Sept. 15, 2009. We are updating 2005, 2006, 2007 when we submitted 2008 & 2009. The new Sustainability Coordinator worked on making the data consistent given new sources of information from past inventories. We added in back projections for commuting and air travel in order to get an "apples to apples" comparison. The air travel number was kept the same- but commuting was adjusted with population. The waste data was taken out- the previous GHG inventory included inaccurate data. CA/CP calculator determines that we have offsets for our use of a Waste to Energy plant. We felt that this was confusing to broader sustainability goals and did not think out waste production should count as a carbon reduction at this time. We added in the following Scope 3 additional: 1)Wastewater (very small- actually data), 2)T & D losses (actual data), and 3) Paper Purchasing (same number used for past years). We also updated Student Enrollment, Faculty, and Staff numbers below to be FTE (mean part time students are included as half) in order to keep all data consistent with the CA/CP calculator data. |
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Please describe any emissions sources that were classified as de minimis and explain how a determination of the significance of these emissions was made.
No information provided |
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Please describe any data limitations related to this submission and any major assumptions made in response to these limitations.
No information provided |
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Emissions Data
Emissions from the following sources (in metric tons of CO2e)
| Scope 1 Emissions | |
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| Stationary Combustion | 16,005.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 326.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 16,331.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 21,318.0 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 | 21,318.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 2,923.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 3,849.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Wastewater | 46.4 metric tons of CO2e |
| Paper Purchasing | 156.8 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 T& D Losses | 1,768.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 8,743.2 metric tons of CO2e |
| Biogenic Emissions | |
| Biogenic Emissions from Stationary Combustion | No information provided |
| Biogenic Emissions from Mobile Combustion | No information provided |
Mitigation Data
| Carbon Offsets | |
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| Carbon offsets purchased | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Offset verification program(s) | No information provided |
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Description of offsets purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)
No information provided |
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| Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) | |
| Total RECs purchased | 0 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 |
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Description of RECs purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)
No information provided |
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| Sequestration and Carbon Storage | |
| Sequestration due to land owned by the institution | No information provided |
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Description of how sequestration was calculated
No information provided |
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| Carbon storage due to composting | No information provided |
Normalization and Contextual Data
| Building Space | |
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| Gross square feet of building space | 2,582,327.0 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 | No information provided |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 4839.0 |
| 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 | 510 |
| Part-time Faculty | No information provided |
| Full-time Staff | 1107 |
| Part-time Staff | No information provided |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | No information provided |
| Heating Degree Days | 5842 |
| Cooling Degree Days | 623 |
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Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.
No information provided |
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Supporting Documentation
| Completed inventory narrative | No information provided |
| Completed inventory calculator | No information provided |