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UMUC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methodology and Results

UMUC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methodology and Results. March 4, 2009. Sean Williamson. Outline. Knowing your institution Inventory approach Stakeholder involvement Data gathering Analysis and reporting Inventory results Lessons learned and recommendations. Knowing Your Institution.

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UMUC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methodology and Results

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  1. UMUC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methodology and Results March 4, 2009 Sean Williamson UMUC GHG Inventory

  2. Outline • Knowing your institution • Inventory approach • Stakeholder involvement • Data gathering • Analysis and reporting • Inventory results • Lessons learned and recommendations UMUC GHG Inventory

  3. Knowing Your Institution • Every college and university is different • Acknowledge that you will need to tailor the inventory to the institution • Know the stakeholders • Know the community size, physical size and campus programs • Know recent past and future changes on campus (physical and operational) UMUC GHG Inventory

  4. Inventory Approach (1) • 1 - Acquaint yourself with available resources (ACUPCC Reports, CA-CP GHG Calculator) • 2 - Early stakeholder involvement • Group meeting to emphasize team effort • Identify roles and responsibilities • Stakeholders must help craft inventory scope and boundaries UMUC GHG Inventory

  5. Inventory Approach (2) • 3 - Establish scope and boundaries • Temporal • UMUC was limited by data availability • Operational • UMUC Inventory included all 3 scopes • Physical • UMUC selected financial control or specifically, where electric utilities are paid UMUC GHG Inventory

  6. Inventory Approach (3) • 4 - Data gathering • Start early and get data holder buy-in • Management of personalities and time • Where preparation and knowledge pay off • Where temporal scope of inventory may need to be refined UMUC GHG Inventory

  7. Inventory Approach (4) • Data gathering continued • Quantifying commuter GHG emissions • Permits, transportation surveys or other… • UMUC commuter emissions based on a data query involving… • All face-to-face students in DC metro area and MD – AND all stateside online students • Origin and destination of trip to create a trip (f-2-f only) • Number of roundtrips taken for each unique trip based on… • Number of students, frequency of class meetings UMUC GHG Inventory

  8. Inventory Approach (5) • Analysis • Make assumptions abundantly clear • Confirm that assumptions are reasonable with data holder as they are made • Let CA-CP GHG Calculator do heavy lifting • Reporting • ACUPCC Reporting website is easy to use • AASHE staff is very helpful UMUC GHG Inventory

  9. Results (1) UMUC GHG Emissions by Sector UMUC GHG Inventory

  10. Results (2) UMUC GHG Inventory

  11. Results (3) • Interesting finding • Student emissions in the context of a distance- learning institution Take away: Online courses result in less student commuting and lower GHG emissions UMUC GHG Inventory

  12. Lessons Learned from UMUC GHG Inventory 1 - Consistently stick to scope definition throughout data gathering process 2 - Reconcile data figures from multiple sources (e.g., student size vs. commuter size) 3 - Avoid double counting 4 - Make the inventory as comprehensive as possible (e.g., commuter related emissions) 5 - Standardize updates and improve future inventory process 6 - An inventory is a living document and measuring GHGs can be like an art UMUC GHG Inventory

  13. Questions? • Sean.r.williamson@gmail.com • http://www.cier.umd.edu/ • UMUC GHG Inventory report available on ACUPCC site UMUC GHG Inventory

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