2008 GHG Report for Dickinson College
Submitted on September 17, 2008; last updated on November 26, 2008
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) | 13,231 metric tons of CO2e | 5.6 metric tons of CO2e | 6.8 metric tons of CO2e | 30.3% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 16,465 metric tons of CO2e | 7 metric tons of CO2e | 8.4 metric tons of CO2e | 24.3% |
| Net emissions | 12,456 metric tons of CO2e | 5.3 metric tons of CO2e | 6.4 metric tons of CO2e | N/A |
Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries
| Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report | July 1, 2007 |
| Consolidation methodology used to determine organizational boundaries | No information provided. |
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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.
N/A |
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
Ease of use, comprehensiveness |
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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? | No information provided. |
| Who primarily conducted this emissions inventory? | Sustainability office staff |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
Financial, safety, and other records were compiled to extract the data needed for different categories. |
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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.
Air travel was particularly limited due to a lack of universal reporting and record keeping system. |
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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 | 3,156 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 213 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 30 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 3,399 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 9,832 metric tons of CO2e |
| Purchased Heating | 0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Purchased Cooling | 0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Purchased Steam | 0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 2 emissions | 9,832 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 2,429 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 1,229 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | -47 metric tons of CO2e |
| Composting | -17 metric tons of CO2e |
| Recycling | -360 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 3,234 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 | No information provided. |
| 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 | 8,000,000 kWh |
| Percent of total electricity consumption mitigated through the purchase of RECs | 50% |
| Emissions reductions due to the purchase of RECs | 4,009 metric tons of CO2e |
| REC verification program(s) | No information provided. |
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Description of RECs purchased (including vendor, project source, etc.)
Vendor: Community Energy Inc. |
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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 | 1,952,569 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of laboratory space | 619,158 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of health care space | No information provided. |
| Net assignable square feet of residential space | 547,594 sq ft |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 2,346 |
| Residential Students | 2,160 |
| Full-time Commuter Students | 186 |
| Part-time Commuter Students | No information provided. |
| Non-Credit Students | 0 |
| Full-time Faculty | 217 |
| Part-time Faculty | No information provided. |
| Full-time Staff | 559 |
| Part-time Staff | No information provided. |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | $347,600,000 |
| Heating Degree Days | No information provided. |
| Cooling Degree Days | No information provided. |
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Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.
Nearly all of the students listed as "commuter students" actually live in apartments and townhouses less than half a mile from campus and do not have calculatable commuting distance. There are also a significant number of students studying abroad every year, but they live on the campus of the institutions at which they are studying, so for the purposes of the inventory we have included them as residential students. Also, part-time faculty and staff are included in the full-time categories as half of a position. All of this was accounted for in our calculations. |
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Supporting Documentation
| Completed inventory narrative | No information provided. |
| Completed inventory calculator | Download (GHG inventory update 9.7.08 (v5).xls) |