Transcript Rosemont College
Rosemont College
GHG Inventory Report
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December, 2008
Prepared By: Thomas Szatkowski,
ARAMARK
Executive Summary • Team Members • Executive Summary • Introduction
– Presidents Climate Commitment – Greenhouse Gas Inventory Approach and Process
• Carbon Footprint
– Baseline school year ending 2007 – Energy Use – GHG Emissions – Energy Consumption
• Conclusion
– Rosemont’s Carbon Footprint – Rosemont’s Next Steps
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Climate Commitment-Team Members
Rosemont College, Climate Commitment Committee
Sharon Hirsh Ph.D., President of the College Sr. Jeanne Hatch, VP of Mission Thomas Szatkowski, Director of Facilities Matthew Ferry, Assistant Director of Facilities Ann Marshall, Infrastructure Committee & Alum Michelle Moravec, Faculty Patricia Gallagher, Food Service Director Bridget Cook, Student
Project Team
Thomas Szatkowski, Director of Facilities Matthew Ferry, Manager of Facilities Butch Brown, Director of Operations Elsina Amedova, Office Assistant, Facilities Patricia Peterson, Office Manager, Facilities
Advisory Panel - ARAMARK
James Toth, District Manager Eastern Region Christopher Flouris, Project Engineer
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Executive Summary
• The Greenhouse Gas Inventory fulfills
only the first year terms
of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) • Determines Rosemont’s Carbon Footprint – Measure of the impact due to human activities on the environment in terms of amount of greenhouse gases produced • This Greenhouse Gas Inventory was performed in the Spring/Summer/Fall of 2008 using the Clean-Air Cool Planet’s Carbon Calculator ( www.cleanair coolplanet.org
) • Report is inclusive of
all
activities campus operations and
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Introduction
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President’s Climate Commitment
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Contextual Overview
• Rosemont College, School Year Ending 2007 – Rosemont, PA – 397,124 GSF – 498 Full-time Students, 329 Part Time Students – 75 Faculty, 150 Staff 15%
B ui l d i ng Sp ace A l l o cat i o n
4% 9% 35% Res i denc e I ns t r uc t i onal M i s c el l aneous A t hl et i c s Food/ Di ni ng 37%
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Approach & Process
3/26/2008
Assignment & Accountability - Determine departmental participation and department leader - Prepare and submit data request templates - Review department roles and responsibilities
4/3/2008
Meeting with Person(s) Accountable - Review collection process with each department lead - Discuss department accountability and communication protocols - Meet with student groups - Define collection timeline and deadlines May
12/22/08
Actions & Deadlines Defined ACUPCC Signed by Rosemont College Meet with Department Leaders - Consolidation of data entry submittals from each department leader - Analyze data, make assumptions and document anomalies Present data findings with Institution’s Environmental Committee - Provide report for submission to ACUPCC by Rosemont College -The college was granted an extension for filing the GHG Survey to Jan. 15, 2009 Data Entry & Quality Analysis Report Development 2007/08
AASHE Report DUE
Feb Mar GHG Process Overview Meeting Apr Data Collection May Jun Data Finalization Jul Dec Presentation Of Findings
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Emission Factors
• All results are reported in Carbon Dioxide Equivalents, eCO 2 – Allows comparison of all types of greenhouse gases – Converted using respective individual heat trapping potential (global warming potential) • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Provides the accepted values for global warming potentials (GWP)
Carbon Equivalents
Gas 2007 IPCC GWP 1 Carbon Dioxide – CO 2 Methane – CH 4 Nitrous Oxide – N 2 O Hydrofluorocarbon – HFC-23 25 298 14,800 Hydrofluorocarbon – HFC-134a Sulfur Hexafluoride – SF 6 1,430 22,800
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Site and Source Emissions
Purchased Electricity Stationary Sources Transportation
– PECO – Rosemont's Electric Region is Mid-Atlantic Area Council (MAAC) – Electricity Production Fuel Mixture Consists of Nuclear, Natural Gas, # 6 Fuel Oil, and # 2 Fuel Oil – Natural Gas – #2 Fuel Oil – Student, Faculty & Staff Commuter Trips – University Fleet Vehicles – Faculty & Staff Air Miles – HCFC-22
Refrigerants
– Landfill with CH 4 recovery and flaring
Solid Waste
– Synthetic & Organic Fertilizer
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Carbon Footprint
Footprint Calculation
• Collect University Data – Purchased Electricity – Purchased Natural Gas & # 2 Fuel Oil – Aggregate Transportation – Refrigerant Usage – Solid Waste Disposal • Clean Air-Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator (CA-CP) – Input Data into CA-CP – CA-CP Converts to Generated Emissions
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Greenhouse Gas Emission Breakdown
• Purchased Electricity, Natural Gas, and #2 Fuel Oil were responsible for 61% and Transportation 37% of Rosemont's total GHG emissions in 2007.
Source
Source Electricity Transportation Natural Gas/Oil Refrigerants Solid Waste Agriculture Totals 19,694 21,998 32,852 n/a n/a n/a 74,544
Energy Consumed (MMBtu)
Energy Consumed (MMBtu)
eCO 2 Emitted (Metric Tonnes)
eCO 2 Emitted (Metric Tonnes) 841 1,579 1,772 35 32 2 4,261
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Transportation
Rosemont
– Commuter • Students, Faculty & Staff – University Fleet • Facilities Vehicles • Sports team travel – Air Travel • Most greenhouse gas intensive • Faculty & Staff
2007 School Year
– 176,926 gallons of gas consumed – 1,579 metric tonnes eCO 2 emitted – 37% of total eCO 2 emissions
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Transportation
• Transportation was responsible for
37%
emissions of the College’s 2007 GHG
Type of Transportation
Student Commuters Faculty/Staff Commuters Air Travel University Fleet Total
Gasoline Consumption (gal)
108,315 54,543 9,517 4,551 176,926
Emissions (MT eCO 2 )
1,009 492 37 41 1,579
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Campus Refrigerants
Rosemont
– Main refrigerant used: HCFC-22 – Used in Air Conditioning Applications – Release hydrofluorocarbons (HFC’s) • Highest global warming potential
2007 School Year
– 0.1125 metric tonnes of refrigerant used – 35 metric tonnes of eCO 2 – < 1% of total eCO 2 emitted emissions
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Solid Waste Disposal
Rosemont
– Handled by: • Allied Waste – Landfill utilization • Taken to a site with methane recovery and flaring
2007 School Year
– 462 metric tonnes of waste produced – 32 metric tonnes of eCO 2 – < 1% of total eCO 2 emitted emissions
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Campus Agriculture
Rosemont 2007 School Year
– Emissions from synthetic/organic fertilizer • 24% nitrogen content • Releases nitrous oxide – 1.2 metric tonnes applied – 2 metric tonnes of eCO 2 – < 1% of total eCO 2 emitted emissions
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Conclusion
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Rosemont' Carbon Footprint
• Rosemont emitted
4261 metric tonnes
of eCO 2 in 2007
Rosemont's 2007 Carbon Emissions
Powering and Cooling Buildings Heating Buildings Transportation Agriculture Solid Waste Refrigerants
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• Main Contributors: – –
61% 37%
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Rosemont’s Next Steps
1. GHG Inventory 2. Tangible Actions
– Rosemont College was granted an extension to file the GHG Inventory, – Annually submit Submit to AASHE
by January 15, 2009
– Continue data input via CA-CP database.
inventory to AASHE.
– The college does not require LEED certification, however the college has committed to building to a minimum Silver LEED standard.
– The College has adopted an Energy Star procurement policy.
– Promote use of public transportation. R 5 & R 100 Trains. – The College has a policy for social responsibility in investing; the College has a proposal through the finance committee to look into this action item in detail.
– Continue participation in
RecycleMania
competition adopting three or more measures to reduce waste.
3. Action Plan
– Develop an action plan to aspire for climate neutrality
.
– Identifies major greenhouse gas emission sources general reduction strategies
.
– Submit to AASHE
by Sept. 15, 2009.
and
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Rosemont’s Next Steps: To Do Action Plan
– Emissions trajectory for “business as usual”
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– Determine date for aspiring to achieve climate neutrality as soon as possible – Determine mitigation strategies and action items to reduce energy and GHG emissions – Calculate financial impact exposures for alternate action items – Incorporate climate neutrality and sustainability into curriculum and other educational experience for students – Implement actions to expand research efforts to achieve climate neutrality and other – Compile action plan into report format with AASHE – Submit to AASHE
by Sept. 15, 2009
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Appendix B: ACUPCC Tangible Action Items Adopted
# Yes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 X X X X X No X X Tangible Action Item
Establish a policy that all new campus construction will be built to at least the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Silver standard or equivalent.
Adopt an energy-efficient appliance purchasing policy requiring purchase of ENERGY STAR certified products in all areas for which such ratings exist.
Establish a policy of offsetting all greenhouse gas emissions generated by air travel paid for by our institution.
Description
At this time the college is not pursuing LEED certification, however the college has committed to building to a minimum Silver LEED standards .
The College's purchasing standards have been updated so that all new equipment purchased carries the ENERGY STAR certified label when economically feasible.
Encourage use of and provide access to public transportation for all faculty, staff, students and visitors at our institution.
Rosemont shuttle Currently offers transportation to the R 5 Monday through Friday 5 days a week from 3 PM to 11 PM. The Villanova shuttle Operates Monday through Friday 8 AM to 1:30 AM and Saturday & Sunday 12 PM to 8 PM to Villanova. If requested they will drop off at the R 100 or R 5 trains. Within one year of signing this document, begin purchasing or producing at least 15% of our institution’s electricity consumption from renewable sources.
Establish a policy or a committee that supports climate and sustainability shareholder proposals at companies where our institution’s endowment is invested.
Participate in the Waste Minimization component of the national RecycleMania competition, and adopt 3 or more associated measures to reduce waste.
The College has a policy for social responsibility in investing; the College has a proposal through the finance committee to look into this action item in detail.
The college participates in the National RecycleMania Competition. We have recently converted to single stream recycling. The benefits are more items can be recycled and can be commingled in the same container.
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Appendix C: Carbon Equivalents
• The EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator was used to convert Rosemont’s emissions.
• To offset Rosemont’s total emissions from 2007,
968 acres
would have to be filled completely with pine trees.
• Rosemont’s 2007 emissions is equivalent to the amount of greenhouse gases produced
annually
by
780
passenger vehicles.
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Appendix D: Assumptions
• Rosemont College’s fiscal year of 2007, from July 2006 to June 2007 was used as a baseline.
• Our Electrical supplier PECO indicated the following for electrical production, 10% Coal, 10.3% Natural Gas, 6.4% Fuel Oil Energy.
# 1 – 4, 65.8%% Nuclear, 6.5% Hydro, .4% Purchased & .6% Renewable • Assumptions were made due to the difficulty obtaining driving habits for students, faculty & staff from prior years. Data was gathered by using parking passes issued, resident student population, non resident student population, full & part time staff & faculty population and zip code. Surveys were also utilized with limited results. The following estimates were made from that data, Students are estimated at 16.4 miles x 2 trips per day for 112 days a year, Faculty were estimated at 15.6 miles x 2 trips per day for 112 days a year and staff 13.9 miles x 2 trips per day for 225 days a year.
• A mpg ratio of 5 mpg (Boeing) was used to convert air miles to gasoline consumed.
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