Furman included all university-owned, leased or operated buildings in this report with the exception of the following:
1)3200 square feet of off-campus staff housing and
2)6000 square feet of unconditioned warehouse space north of campus.
These holdings were omitted from this report due to the absence of reliable/valid data. The inventory of these buildings changes frequently which is challenging to track.

Furman followed the recommendation of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).

Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) Campus Carbon Calculator's default emissions coefficients

The Sustainability Planning Council or SPC (administration, faculty, staff, and student members; 124 representatives) formed working groups focusing on data collection of emission sources. As these data were collected, SPC representatives entered the information into the Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) calculation tool. Data collection took approximately five months. The SPC worked collaboratively with Furman's Facilities Services, Business Affairs, Travel Services, Athletic Department, Public Safety, Student Life, and individual student researchers to gather these data. The SPC individual working group data collection and analysis was organized by: 1-transportation; 2-energy use and refrigerants, solid waste, and fertilizer; 3-embodied energy in food and transportation; and 4-offset and sequestration opportunities for local GHG reduction projects. The SPC are using these baseline data to make recommendations about future data collection and strategies for reducing Greenhouse Gases (GHGs).
Additional highlights about the inventory process include:
* Fleet emissions were determined from the total amount of gasoline and diesel fuel consumed by University owned vehicles.
* The commuter emissions were determined through a 2008 survey (randomized sample) of faculty, staff, and student. In the survey, respondents were asked to provide their daily commute via vehicle miles traveled. The SPC also used data provided by a student project that computed distances for faculty and staff using Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008. When not provided through original data collection means, national miles per gallon averages were used to convert miles driven to gallons of gasoline consumed. Emissions data were compiled for campus-sponsored athletic team travel, vehicle travel, faculty/staff air travel, and student air travel (data were not available for study abroad land travel) to study abroad programs.
* Agricultural emissions sources for Furman consist only of fertilizer application. Furman does not have any projects raising cows, swine, horses, goats, sheep or poultry. Fertilizer data were provided by Facilities Services. The 2006-2007 data were the total weight of Nitrogen applied to the campus, including athletic fields, golf course, and flower beds between July 2006 and June 2007.
*While not a direct part of the inventory, it is important to note that Furman has approximately 50 electric vehicles (not including those on the university golf course) for use by Public Safety and Facilities Services personnel as well as Admissions, Housing and Residence Life, and other offices. The energy used by these electric vehicles is accounted for in Furman's total purchased electricity. At the time of this inventory, the Furman fleet includes two hybrid vehicles (used by Public Safety). The Furman University President also drives a hybrid vehicle for all university-related travel.

Our emissions inventory indicates that solid waste, refrigerants, wastewater, purchased paper, other directly financed travel, and fertilizer use combined is less than five percent of our total GHGs. However, we included these estimates in the report.

Several extrapolations and assumptions undergird this GHG report:
*Campus Commuting: Commuting data were extrapolated from the results of a campus commuting survey (random sample; N=165; conducted January 2008; respondents asked to share academic year 2006-2007 experience) along with a student project that calculated commuting distances for all Furman faculty and staff using Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008. The data from the survey and the student project were applied to FY 2008 population data. Furman used national miles per gallon averages when vehicular type data (in terms of efficiency) were not available.
* Business travel: These data were collected and calculated with the help of the University Travel Services office. Furman’s calculations assume that round trips less than 600 miles were taken in an automobile and round trips over 600 miles were by air. Furman has changed the travel forms (as of summer 2008) to require total air miles and total vehicular miles for travel.
* Solid Waste: Since Furman's waste hauler routing includes visits to multiple sites in addition to the university, we were unable to get exact tonnage of solid waste picked up on Furman’s campus. However, our waste hauler has provided estimates based on how many bins were tipped.
* Building-Space: There is no designated data collection distinction between total building space and other spaces on Furman's campus. For example, laboratory space is also seminar and classroom space.
* Energy Purchasing: Furman does not purchase any steamed or chilled water. Campus boiler emissions were included in the stationary sources section as natural gas and propane.
*Paper: Paper purchased by Furman University includes reasonable estimates from the following sources: purchasing department (for contract vender purchases), Marketing and Public Relations Print Shop, Digital Xpress print shop, individual departments that purchased paper from non-contract venders.
* Food-Related: With no reliable estimates for the types of food (beef, dairy, etc.) purchased by the university and with no input fields for emissions related to food on the CA-CP calculator, these emissions were excluded from this report.

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Campus Grounds (within the Division of Facilities Services) is emphasizing additional vegetative and canopy cover in all current and future plans. There are 16 acres at the golf course that are now managed for habitat for wildlife.

The composting of landscape debris along with pre-consumer food waste from Campus Dining Service will be quantified and included in future reports

The increase in Furman's GHG emissions from FY2007 to FY2008 are in part do to a higher number of students participating in the Study Away program, an important component of Furman's Engaged Learning philosophy. Other factors that affected Furman's emissions in FY 2008 are increased square footage of building space on campus as well as increases in both heating degree days and cooling degree days.

Initial data collection reviewed by Sustainability Planning Council (SPC) emissions-based working groups. Reporting data reviewed and compiled by SPC Climate Commitment Reporting Team. Additional Review provided by SPC representatives and Director, Center for Sustainability, not involved with the draft reporting.