GHG Report for New College of Florida
Submitted on May 14, 2009; last updated on May 15, 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) | 5,756 metric tons of CO2e | 7.3 metric tons of CO2e | 9.8 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Gross emissions (Scopes 1 + 2 + 3) | 6,967 metric tons of CO2e | 8.9 metric tons of CO2e | 11.8 metric tons of CO2e | 0% |
| Net emissions | 6,967 metric tons of CO2e | 8.9 metric tons of CO2e | 11.8 metric tons of CO2e | N/A |
Emissions Inventory Methodology and Boundaries
| Start date of the 12-month period covered in this report | January 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.
No buildings were omitted. |
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| Emissions calculation tool used | Clean Air-Cool Planet |
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Please describe why this tool was selected.
Cost (free) and availability. |
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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? | Student researcher(s) |
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Please describe the process of conducting the inventory.
During our January Interterm a team of seven students worked to collect data to enter it into the Clean Air-Cool Planet spreadsheet. |
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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.
It has been said that "The first pancake is for the cat". This was our first year attempting to collect and summarize data related to campus activities and we encountered several different types of challenges. The first was missing or contradictory information, the second were challenges in matching data temporally, and the third was confusion regarding exactly what information was desired. The students who participated broke trail and we anticipate a more complete and accurate report in the coming year. |
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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 | 2,141.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Mobile Combustion | 126.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Process Emissions | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Fugitive Emissions | 46.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 emissions | 2,313.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 2 Emissions | |
| Purchased Electricity | 3,443.0 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 | 3,443.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Scope 3 Emissions | |
| Commuting | 660.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Air Travel | 551.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| Solid Waste | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
| No information provided | |
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| Total Scope 3 emissions | 1,211.0 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 | 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 |
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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 | 0.0 metric tons of CO2e |
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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 | 588,016.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of laboratory space | 37,735.0 sq ft |
| Net assignable square feet of health care space | No information provided |
| Net assignable square feet of residential space | 203,435.0 sq ft |
| Population | |
| Total Student Enrollment (FTE) | 785.0 |
| Residential Students | 628 |
| Full-time Commuter Students | 157 |
| Part-time Commuter Students | No information provided |
| Non-Credit Students | No information provided |
| Full-time Faculty | 73 |
| Part-time Faculty | 15 |
| Full-time Staff | 261 |
| Part-time Staff | 19 |
| Other Contextual Data | |
| Endowment Size | 33314000 |
| Heating Degree Days | 634 |
| Cooling Degree Days | 3686 |
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Please describe any circumstances specific to your institution that provide context for understanding your greenhouse gas emissions this year.
No information provided |
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Supporting Documentation
| Completed inventory narrative |
Student Greenhouse Gas Report Download |
| Completed inventory calculator | No information provided |