ACUPCC Reporting System

GHG Report for Austin Community College District

Submitted on May 14, 2010; last updated on May 25, 2010

Summary Statistics

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Total Per Full-Time Enrollment Per 1000 Square Feet % Offset
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2) 19,919 metric tons of CO2e 2.2 metric tons of CO2e 14.7 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) 41,710 metric tons of CO2e 4.6 metric tons of CO2e 30.8 metric tons of CO2e 0%
Net emissions 41,710 metric tons of CO2e 4.6 metric tons of CO2e 30.8 metric tons of CO2e N/A

Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries

Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report September 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.

All ACCD owned and leased facilities are included.
Emissions calculation tool used Clean Air-Cool Planet
Please describe why this tool was selected.

Clean Air Cool Planet is the calculation tool recommended by the ACUPCC.
Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.

Clean Air Cool Planet v. 6.4 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? Sustainability office staff
Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.

Budget Data: Business Services Department provided Operating budget and Energy budget of FY09.
Population Data: Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Accountability provided semester based population data.
Physical Size: Facilities and Operations Department provided physical size of buildings per campus.
On Campus Stationary Source: ACCD does not purchase chilled water nor steam, only Natural Gas consumption data was used as the stationary source.
Direct Transportation (Fleet) Source: ACCD uses Fleet Gas Card, FY09 report was generated from online reporting system, ACCD uses two types of fuel, Diesel and gasoline.
Refrigerants & Chemicals: ACCD uses only HCFC-22 for facilities cooling needs, FY09 invoices of this chemical purchase were obtained from the Building and Grounds Department.
Purchased Electricity: Electricity usage histories were acquired from the local utility company's website. eGrid information was acquired from the local utility company’s annual report.
Commuting Source: ACCD's annual transportation survey result was used to derive the Mileage, Frequency and Modes information of Faculty/Staff and Student.
Directly Financed Outsourced Travel (Air): ACCD books flights through a travel agent; monthly invoices were collected and calculated. Each travel was identified with the detailed itinerary for a detailed mileage calculation.
Directly Financed Outsourced Travel (Rental): ACCD uses two local rental companies for various classes and business uses, those invoices for a fiscal year were collected and calculated.
Directly Financed Outsourced Travel (Personal mileage reimbursement): Business Services Department provided personal mileage reimbursement data of FY09.
Study Abroad Travel: Number of students and destination information was provided by Workforce Education and Business Development Department.
Solid Waste: Waste management vendor provided waste dumpsters volume information and standard conversion factor was applied to get the weight of solid waste, which was land filled.
Wastewater: Conversion factor 70% of water consumption data was used. ref. 'Corbitt, Robert', 'Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering', '1990'
Paper: Paper vendor invoices were collected and calculated per size and type of paper.
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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
Please describe any data limitations related to this submission and any major assumptions made in response to these limitations.

ACCD's travel agent invoices were used to calculate the Directly Financed Outsourced Air Travel. Other air travels or vehicle rental data which were arranged by each employee and reimbursed by ACCD were not available for this report.

Emissions Data

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

Scope 1 Emissions
Stationary Combustion 217.0 metric tons of CO2e
Mobile Combustion 463.0 metric tons of CO2e
Process Emissions 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Fugitive Emissions 62.0 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 1 emissions 742.0 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions
Purchased Electricity 19,177.0 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 19,177.0 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions
Commuting 17,260.0 metric tons of CO2e
Air Travel 1,273.5 metric tons of CO2e
Solid Waste 581.0 metric tons of CO2e
Other Directly Financed Travel 288.3 metric tons of CO2e
Wastewater/Paper Purchasing 491.7 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 2 T&D Losses 1,896.6 metric tons of CO2e
Total Scope 3 emissions 21,791.1 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
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 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
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 0.0 metric tons of CO2e
Description of how sequestration was calculated

No information provided

Carbon storage due to composting 0.0 metric tons of CO2e

Normalization and Contextual Data

Building Space
Gross square feet of building space 1,355,023.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of laboratory space 0.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of health care space 0.0 sq ft
Net assignable square feet of residential space 0.0 sq ft
Population
Total Student Enrollment (FTE) 9137.0
Residential Students No information provided
Full-time Commuter Students 9137
Part-time Commuter Students 27063
Non-Credit Students No information provided
Full-time Faculty 526
Part-time Faculty No information provided
Full-time Staff 1214
Part-time Staff No information provided
Other Contextual Data
Endowment Size No information provided
Heating Degree Days 1890
Cooling Degree Days 2779
Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.

No information provided

Supporting Documentation

Completed inventory narrative No information provided
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Auditing and Verification

These emissions data have not been audited, verified, or peer-reviewed.