FY 20 UTRGV GHG Emissions Inventory/Report by UTRGV Office For Sustainability

University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sustainability Qualification January 21, 2020

University of Southern University of Southern Maine University of St. Thomas University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Texas - Austin University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas Health University of Texas Rio Grande Valley University of the Sciences in Philadelphia University of Toledo University of Vermont University of Washington University of West Florida University of Wisconsin - Madison Vanderbilt University Virginia Commonwealth University Wake Forest University Washburn University Washington State University Washington State University - Tri-Cities Campus Washington State University - Vancouver Washington University in St. Louis Wayne State University Wellesley College Wesleyan University West Chester University West Virginia Health Science Center West Virginia University Western Oregon University Westfield State University Widener University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester State University Xavier University

UTRGV Qualification Agenda Agenda: • Review all data collected for FY20 • Confirm all outstanding questions throughout Scopes 1, 2, and 3. • Review how the information is inputted in SiMAP, and ensure everyone has the ability to download data accordingly from the website. • Discuss Final Presentation Dates and Objectives • Review peer group for comparison

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Scope 1

Scope 1 Utility Base Data

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Scope 1 Fuel Consumption Natural Gas Consumption 80,000

Carbon Intensity of Commonly Used Fuels

100 90

-9%

70,000

MTCDE/ 1,000 MMBTU

60,000

MMBTU

50,000 40,000 30,000

73,283 63,744

66,385

55,765

60 50

40 30

43,351

20,000

10,000

0 FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

Coal

FY20

Residual Oil Distillate Oil Propane

Natural Gas

Biomass

MMBTU entered directly into SiMAP

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Other Scope 1 –University Fleet Fuel Fleet Fuel Consumption

180,000 160,000

Base Data:

-20%

140,000 24,469

Gallons

120,000

48,216 32,132 25,781

100,000 80,000

11,660

60,000 40,000

119,749

108,340

108,615

FY18

FY19

100,499

74,757

20,000 0 FY16

Gasoline

Gallons entered directly into SiMAP

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FY17

Diesel

FY20

Coolant

Other Scope 1 – Refrigerants and Chemicals Refrigerant and Chemicals

3,000

Base Data:

2,500

“Note: fiscal year 2018 had a spike due to a chiller repair that involved recovery and replacement of HFC134a”

Pounds

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

-30%

0 FY16 HFC-134a

Refrigerant pounds entered directly into SiMAP

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FY17 R-404A

FY18

HCFC-22

HCFE-235

FY19 HG-10

FY20 R410A

Other Scope 1 – Fertilizer Base Data:

Fertilizer

35,000 30,000

Pounds

25,000 20,000 -25%

15,000 10,000 5,000 0 FY16 0%

FY17 12%

15%

FY18 16%

FY19 17%

FY20 19%

Fertilizer pounds entered directly into SiMAP

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20%

Scope 2

Scope 2 Base Data

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Scope 2 Summary Electric consumption is all purchased; no solar being picked up Scope 2 Consumption

120,000,000

-1%

100,000,000

kWh

80,000,000

60,000,000

40,000,000

85,023,773

87,360,175

90,596,169

FY16

FY17

FY18

97,205,440

96,547,695

FY19

FY20

20,000,000

0 kWh entered directly into SiMAP

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Scope 3

Air & Ground Travel Travel 14,000,000 752,451

12,000,000

Base Data:

Miles

10,000,000 8,000,000

366,804 293,905

375,229

-60%

6,000,000 4,000,000

11,690,174 8,031,993

8,492,722

9,339,321

347,422

4,682,180

2,000,000

0 FY16

FY17

Ground Travel

FY18

FY19

FY20

Directly Financed Air Travel (Faculty & Staff)

Miles entered directly into SiMAP

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Scope 3 – Water Base Data:

Water

250

200

Assumes waste water is equal to ½ domestic water Assumes MGal is “milligal” 1Mgal= 1000 gallons

Gallons in Millions

25%

150

100

206

201

183

176

165 100

103 82

0 FY16

FY18

Domestic Water

Gallons entered directly into SiMAP

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FY17

FY19

FY20

Waste Water

Scope 3 – Paper Paper

120,000

100,000

80,000

Pounds

-61%

60,000

101,880 40,000

87,384 70,068

72,940

20,000

36,836

0 FY16 0% Recycled

10% Recycled

FY17

FY18

30% Recycled

FY19 50% Recycled

FY20 100% Recycled

Pounds entered directly into SiMAP

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Scope 3 – Trash Base Data 2019 :

Base Data 2020 :

Calculation: • • • •

Calculation:

For each row, multiple # times service/year by size (cubic yards) (i.e. 156*4 in the first row) Take the sum of your calculations to get 40,964 total cubic yards Multiple 40,964 cubic yards by 90 to get 3,686,760 pounds (1 cubic yard = 90 pounds) Divide 3,686,760 pounds by 2000 to get 1,843.4 tons (1 ton = 2000 pounds)

• UTRGV calculation uses conversion “1 cubic yard= 300 pounds” for waste removal

Updated 1/22: FY20 conversion factor now 90

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Scope 3 – Trash Trash 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400

Tons

1,200 1,000

1,843

Updated 1/22: FY20 conversion factor now 90

800 600

1,051

400 200 0 FY16

FY17

FY18

FY 19

FY20

Tons entered directly into SiMAP

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Scope 3 – Recycling 1,051 tons

Recycling total: 179,962 pounds (90.0 tons);

Updated 1/22

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A Closer Look at Paper Paper

120,000

100,000

Pounds

80,000 60,000

Picking up more recycled paper in FY20 than purchased paper.

101,880

87,384

40,000

70,068

72,940

20,000

36,836

0 FY16

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FY17

FY18

FY19

FY20

Scope 3 – Commuting, Old Methodology Base Data:

Base Data: ASSUMPTIONS:

Total # of commuters = Students + Employees =21,500 8 trips per week 15 weeks per semester All commuting considered drive alone

Used to calculate average trip distance

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Scope 3 – Commuting, Old Methodology in SIMAP

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Scope 3 – Commuting, New Methodology Method of Transportation (Pre-Covid)

2500

Commuting survey was released in October 2020 to get a better understanding of commuting habits on campus

# of Respondents

2000

1500

1000

500

0 Monday

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Tuesday

Wednesday Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Don't Commute This Day

Drive Alone

Carpool (2-6)

Vanpool (7+) Telecommute

Bus Scooter

Bike / Walk N/A- Did not attend UTRGV Pre-COVID

Scope 3 – Commuting, New Methodology

UPDATE TO ASSUMPTIONS: Total # of commuters = Students + Employees =19,588 (updated) 8 trips per week (this will be updated based on results of commuting survey) 15 weeks per semester/30 weeks total (we will use 22 weeks for the year based on no commuting mid-March 2020 through end of fiscal year) All commuting considered drive alone (this will be updated based on results of commuting survey) We will be using pre-Covid survey results because this better reflects the majority of the fiscal year.

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Edinburg Commuting Results

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Brownsville Commuting Results

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Commuting Between Edinburg and Brownsville Of the respondents that commute between Edinburg and Brownsville, most drive alone 2500

Method of Transportation

# of Respondents

2000

Understanding the impact of additional miles on campus profile: 1. Assumption from survey – 10% of total respondents noted they commute to and from Edinburg/Brownsville. 2. Applying this percentage to total permits issue to reflect true commuting patterns. 3. Are we comfortable with this methodology?

1500

1000

500

Don't Commute This Day

Drive Alone

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Carpool (2-6)

Vanpool (7+)

Bus

Peer Institutions Used for Benchmarking

Sustainability Solutions Measurement and Analysis Members • Sightlines has approximately 50 Sustainability Solutions Members • Approximately two-thirds are private • Approximately two-thirds have signed the ACUPCC • Approximately forty percent are Charter Signatories

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