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All Rights Reserved. Comparative Peers for Clemson University Sustainability Peer Institutions American University George Mason University* Nova Southeastern University Texas A&M University* The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) The University of Tennessee – Knoxville* University of Arkansas* University of Vermont Virginia Commonwealth University Sustainability Solution Measurement and Analysis Members • Sightlines has ~ 50 Sustainability Members • Approximately 2/3 are private Comparative Considerations • Approximately 1/3 are public • Approximately 2/3 have signed a Climate Leadership Commitment Size, Scale of Operations, Climate Zone • Approximately 40% are Climate Leadership Charter Signatories *Peers with co-gen 3 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Sources of Campus Emissions Collected carbon emissions at Clemson University Scope 1: Scope 2: Scope 3: From sources owned From the generation of From sources not or controlled by electricity purchased directly controlled by Clemson University by Clemson University Clemson University Directly Financed On-Campus and Study Stationary Abroad Travel Waste and Vehicle Fleet Wastewater Student, Refrigerants Faculty, and Staff Commuting Fertilizer Purchased Electricity Paper Purchasing Transmission and Distribution Losses Increasingly Difficult to Track, Control and/or Mitigate 4 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Strategies for Reducing Emissions AVOIDANCE: AVOIDANCE Prevent activities before they start Example: Increase space utilization instead of building or acquiring new space ACTIVITY ACTIVITY: Reduce the existing level of an activity Example: Consume fewer BTUS’ of energy/travel fewer miles INTENSITY INTENSITY: MARKET Lessening the carbon intensity of activities Example: Fuel switching (coal to biomass) MARKET: Utilizing Market mechanisms to neutralize unavoidable GHGs 5 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. FY19 Gross Emissions Profile at Clemson Scope 2: Purchased Electricity produces 48% of total emissions on campus Scope 1 Sources Clemson FY19 Total Emissions 28,379 5,337 3,351 MTCDE 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 37,899 Stationary Fuels Fleet Fuel Refrigerants & Chemicals Agriculture 61,065 Scope 2 Sources 90,085 189,049 MTCDE MTCDE 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 Purchased Electricity Scope 3 Sources 2 1,56 14,697 31,201 10,225 4,711 90,085 MTCDE 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 Commuting Travel Waste/Wastewater Paper Purchases T&D Losses 6 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Impact of Space and Population on Campus Emissions Greenhouse gas emissions increased as campus grew in space and in population since FY2010 *Change in Emissions vs. Change in Campus Size and Population 40% 35% 33% 30% 27% 25% 23% 26% 20% 19% 15% 10% % Change from FY10 from % Change 5% 0% 4% 0% 0% 0% -5% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* Campus GSF Campus Population FTE Total Emissions *GSF increase also due to remeasurement 7 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Total Emissions Continue to Increase since FY2010 Scope 2 purchased electricity is the biggest driver of increased emissions Historical Gross Emissions 250,000 Location-based Market-based 2% Increase 200,000 2% Decrease 150,000 MTCDE 100,000 GSF On-line GSF On-line • Watt Family Innovation • Douthit Center Hills 50,000 • Core Campus 0 Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3 8 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Clemson’s Normalized Reported Emissions: Scope 1, 2, 3 With more space and more users on campus, Clemson’s normalized emissions are on a downward trend Normalized Reported Emissions Normalized Reported Emissions - Per 1,000 GSF - Per Campus User 30 12.0 Location-based Market-based Location-based Market-based 25 10.0 20 8.0 15 6.0 Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted - 10 4.0 5 User Campus Weighted MTCDE/ 2.0 MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 0 0.0 Scope I Scope II Scope III 9 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Clemson Produces More Emissions Than Peer Group Normalized by GSF, Clemson emits 61% more than peers; normalized by campus user, 75% more than peers Emissions vs Peers - Per 1,000 GSF Emissions vs Peers - Per Weighted Campus User 25 10 9 20 8 7 15 6 13 5 5 Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted - 10 4 3 5 2 MTCDE/ Weighted Campus User Campus Weighted MTCDE/ MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 1 0 0 Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3 Peers listed by density factor 10 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Scope 1 Emissions Profile 11 MTCDE for Commonly Used Scope 1 Fuels Clemson benefits from using a lower carbon intense fuel Carbon Intensity of Commonly Used Fossil Fuels 100 90 80 70 60 50 94 40 79 74 MTCDE/ 1,000 MMBTU 1,000 MTCDE/ 30 58 53 20 10 10 0 Coal Residual Oil Distillate Oil Propane Natural Gas Biomass More Intensity Less Intensity 12 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Continuous Growth in Space & Population Attribute to Emissions Increase Stationary Fuel is the biggest driver of Scope 1 increase; Fleet Emissions doubled since 2010 Scope 1 Emissions by Source 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 MTCDE 20,000 10,000 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Stationary Fuel Fleet Refrigerants Agriculture 13 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Additional GSF Results in Overall Decrease of MTCDE’s Normalized to peers, Clemson’s stationary fuel emissions per GSF are similar to peer average Stationary Fuel Emissions Trend FY19 Stationary Fuel Emissions vs. Peers 7.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted Area Floor Adjusted - - 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 0.0 0.0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Peer Average *Peers ordered by Density 14 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. De Minimis Sources Contribute 18% of Scope 1 Emissions Fleet Fuel Emissions Refrigerant Emissions Agriculture Emissions 6,000 1,200 4,000 3,500 5,000 1,000 3,000 4,000 800 2,500 3,000 600 2,000 MTCDE MTCDE MTCDE 1,500 2,000 400 1,000 1,000 200 500 0 0 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 15 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. In FY19, Clemson Produced 15% More Scope 1 Emissions Than Peers When normalized to peers, Clemson decreased total scope 1 emissions per space FY2015-FY2019 Scope 1 Emissions by Source Scope 1 Emissions vs. Peers 6.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.59 5.00 4.00 4.00 3.64 3.00 3.00 Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted - Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted - 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 0.00 MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 0.00 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Stationary Fuel Fleet Fuel Refrigerant Agriculture Average *Peers ordered by Density 16 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Scope 2 Emissions Profile Electricity Consumption Increased 17% Since FY2010 Clemson consumes the second most electricity when compared to peers Historical Electricity Consumption FY2019 Electricity Consumption vs. Peers 200.0 25 Location-based Market-based 20 150.0 15 16 100.0 10 Total kWh (Millions) kWh Total 50.0 kWh/EUI Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted kWh/EUI 5 0.0 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Grid Purchased Electric Co-Generated Electric Peer Average 18 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Methods of Electricity Procurement vs. Impact on Scope 2 Emissions Clemson consumes more grid purchased electricity than peers How Energy is Procured on Campus % Electricity with Zero Emissions 25 Grid Purchased Electric: Contributes to emissions 100% Renewable: Clean energy that does NOT contribute emissions 90% 20 80% 15 16 70% 60% 10 50% 5 40% kWh/EUI Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted kWh/EUI 30% 0 20% 10% 0% Co-Generated Electric Grid Purchased Electric Renewable: Purchased and/or Retained % Zero-Emissions Peer Average *Peers ordered by Density 19 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Scope 2 Emissions Decrease as New Space Came Online Normalized to peers who use offsets and RECs, Clemson produces more Scope 2 emissions per space Historical Electricity Emissions Trend FY19 Purchased Electricity Emissions 18.0 12.0 16.0 10.0 14.0 12.0 8.0 10.0 Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted 6.0 - Adjusted Floor Area Floor Adjusted - 8.0 5.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 Hills Online MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 MTCDE/1,000 EUI MTCDE/1,000 2.0 Scope 2 emissions 100% 100% 2 emissions Scope Sources Renewable by offset 100% 2 emissions Scope RECs by offset offset by RECs by offset 0.0 100% 2 emissions Scope Core Campus Online Campus Core Douthit Online 0.0 Center Innovation Family Watt 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Peer Average *Peers ordered by Density 20 © 2019 Sightlines, LLC.