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Greenhouse Gas Production

Carbon Footprint

Pursuant to FAR 52.223-22, SDL is developing a separate greenhouse gas reporting process from Utah State University (USU). Some categories will remain with USU since there are no reasonable methods for separating SDL’s data from USU’s. Starting with FY2021, SDL has compiled the following data to meet these requirements.

Graph of SDL carbon totals for 2021 showing 4,503 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents

Carbon Totals

Fiscal Year CO2 (kg) CH4 (kg) N2O(kg) Gross MTCDE Offsets (MTCDE) Compost (MTCDE) Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) Biogenic (MT CO2) Net MTCDE
2021 277,339 -15 7 4,503.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,503.98

Carbon Sources

Fiscal Year Scope Source CO2 (kg) CO2 (MTCDE) CH4 (kg) CH4 (MTCDE) N2O (kg) N2O (MTCDE) GHG MTCDE
2021 1 Direct Transportation 38,933 38.93 1 0.04 1 0.26 39.23
2021 1 Refrigerants & Chemicals 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,225.18
2021 2 Purchased Electricity 1,250,825 1,250.82 117 3.27 17 4.42 1,258.51
2021 3 Student Commuting 123,363 123.36 7 0.19 4 1.11 124.66
2021 3 Directly Financed Air Travel 382,406 382.41 4 0.12 4 1.16 383.68
2021 3 Other Directly Financed Travel 51,931 51.93 3 0.08 2 0.47 52.48
2021 3 T&D Losses -1,570,119 -1,570.12 -147 -4.1 -21 -5.55 -1,579.77

Carbon Totals Per Person

Graph showing carbon total per person
Fiscal Year 2021
CO2 (kg) 3,673
CH4 (kg) 0
N2O(kg) 0
Gross MTCDE 59.66
Offsets (MTCDE) 0.00
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.00
Net MTCDE 59.66

Carbon Totals Per 1000 Sq Ft

Graph showing carbon total per 1000 sq ft
Fiscal Year 2021
CO2 (kg) 505
CH4 (kg) 0
N2O(kg) 0
Gross MTCDE 0
Offsets (MTCDE) 0
Compost (MTCDE) 8.20
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.00
Net MTCDE 8.20