GHG Report for Babson College
Submitted on January 5, 2009; last updated on January 21, 2011
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) | 15,527 metric tons of CO2e | 5.2 metric tons of CO2e | 9.1 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 19,834 metric tons of CO2e | 6.6 metric tons of CO2e | 11.7 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Net emissions | 19,834 metric tons of CO2e | 6.6 metric tons of CO2e | 11.7 metric tons of CO2e | N/A |
Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries
| Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report | July 1, 2003 |
| Consolidation methodology used to determine organizational boundaries | Operational 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.
None |
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
Consistent tool used by our outside consultants for all institutions for whom they provide GHG inventories (over 50) |
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Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.
http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/toolkit/inv-faq.php#methodology |
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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? | External consultant |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
Conducted by review of all electricity, gas, oil and water consumption for the campus for fiscal year. Air travel generated by reports from our travel agents and as charged through our financial reporting system. Commuting information generated by use of zipcode information for students, faculty and staff. Trash numbers generated from information provided by hauling vendor. Paper and other products provided by our purchasing department. See attached report. |
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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.
We have not captured some of our travel impacts such as use of rental vehicles for conferences etc. and we are not sure we have fully captured all our institutional air travel since some may be charged on personal credit cards and not booked through the college travel agents. |
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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 | 6,115.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 348.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 816.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 7,279.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 8,248.0 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 | 8,248.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 3,257.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 983.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | -124.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fertilizers | 12.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Wastewater | 12.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Paper | 167.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 4,307.0 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 | 1,701,602.0 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 | 580,795.0 sq ft |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 2988.0 |
| Residential Students | 1640 |
| Full-time Commuter Students | No information provided |
| Part-time Commuter Students | No information provided |
| Non-Credit Students | No information provided |
| Full-time Faculty | 145 |
| Part-time Faculty | 76 |
| Full-time Staff | 525 |
| Part-time Staff | 41 |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | 197000000 |
| Heating Degree Days | 5243 |
| Cooling Degree Days | 1290 |
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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 |
Environmental Stewardship Download |
| Completed inventory calculator | Download |
Auditing and Verification
These emissions data have been audited, verified, or peer-reviewed.|
Please briefly describe this verification, if any.
Produced by outside consultant with access to our data |