2008 GHG Report for San Joaquin Delta College
Submitted on July 10, 2009; last updated on July 10, 2009
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) | 4,874 metric tons of CO2e | 0.3 metric tons of CO2e | 8.4 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 32,337 metric tons of CO2e | 1.9 metric tons of CO2e | 55.5 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Net emissions | 32,337 metric tons of CO2e | 1.9 metric tons of CO2e | 55.5 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 | 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.
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
The CA-CP was the ACUPCC recommended source for carbon calculations. |
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Please describe the source(s) of the emissions coefficients used.
Default emissions co-efficients in the CA-CP |
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| Which version of IPCC's list of global warming potentials did you use? | Fourth Assessment Report |
| Who primarily conducted this emissions inventory? | Office of Planning, Research and Institutional Effectiveness |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
Completion of the inventory was a joint effort between the Office of Planning, Research and Institutional Effectiveness, Agriculture and Horticulture, Business and Operations, Purchasing, Campus Police Department, and Facilities and Maintenence and Grounds. Most data were only available as hard copies and were therefore manually entered to obtain annual totals. |
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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.
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Please describe any data limitations related to this submission and any major assumptions made in response to these limitations.
1. Exact recycling material information for paper was not available. |
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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 | 0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 200 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 118 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 318 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 4,556 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 | 4,556 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 25,440 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 673 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | 598 metric tons of CO2e |
| Paper | 752 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 27,463 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 | No information provided. |
| Percent of total electricity consumption mitigated through the purchase of RECs | No information provided. |
| 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 | 583,104 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 | No information provided. |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 17,280 |
| Residential Students | No information provided. |
| Full-time Commuter Students | No information provided. |
| Part-time Commuter Students | No information provided. |
| Non-Credit Students | No information provided. |
| Full-time Faculty | 223 |
| Part-time Faculty | 433 |
| Full-time Staff | 473 |
| Part-time Staff | 104 |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | No information provided. |
| Heating Degree Days | 2,993 |
| Cooling Degree Days | 1,945 |
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Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.
San Joaquin Delta College is a single college district with a designated service area that is approximately 2,400 square miles. The college is comprised of a main campus located in Stockton, CA (Pop. ~300,000) and two regional education centers in Tracy and Manteca. Examination of student records reveal that a majority of students live in San Joaquin County but that a few are commuting from Alameda, Sacramento, Amador and Calaveras County. Given that many students are commuting to the college from outside the region, a predominant source of GHG emissions at the college is inevitably due to transportation. |
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Supporting Documentation
| Completed inventory narrative | No information provided. |
| Completed inventory calculator | Download (CACP_SJDC_0708.xls) |