Tracking emissions to GHG Standards at the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management
Interregional Academy of Personnel Management started annually tracking emissions according to GHG Standards from 2017.
Therefore, the Academy considers 2017 to be the baseline year of measurement.
IAPM reports on 8 emissions sources and analyzes emissions in three different categories:
- SCOPE 1 – Direct Emissions: biomass-fueled boilers, fuel used in vehicles - petrol
- SCOPE 2 - Indirect Emissions: utility services consumed – electricity
- SCOPE 3 - Indirect Emissions: faculty/staff and student commute, usage of electronics, food wastage, waste treatment plants, paper waste.
In 2017 emissions for the full 12 months amounted to:
Emissions SCOPE 1 in 2017 were calculated based on the following equation:
Carbon emissions (tCO2e) = Amount of fuel consumed (t) x Greenhouse gas emission factor (tCO2/TeraJ) x Lower calorific value (TeraJ/t)
|
Type of emissions |
Amount of fuel consumed in tons |
Greenhouse gas emission factor (tCO2/TeraJ) |
Lower calorific value (TeraJ/t) |
Carbon emissions in tCO₂e |
|
Petrol |
6,9 |
72 |
0,043 |
21,362 |
|
Diesel fuel
|
2,2 |
73,7 |
0,043 |
6,988 |
|
Total Scope 1 |
|
|
|
28,35 |
Emissions SCOPE 2 in 2017 were calculated based on the following equation:
Carbon emissions (tCO2e) = Amount of fuel consumed (t) x Greenhouse gas emission factor (tCO2/TeraJ)
|
Type of emissions |
Amount of fuel consumed in tons |
Greenhouse gas emission factor (tCO2/TeraJ) |
Carbon emissions in tCO₂e |
|
Electricity consumption |
3648,527 |
0,42 |
1532,381 |
|
Central Heating |
4103,063 |
0,26 |
1066,796 |
|
Total Scope 2 |
|
|
2599,177 |
Thus, the total SCOPE 1 and SCOPE 2 emission in 2017 for Interregional Academy of Personnel Management was 2627,527 tCO2e.
After the IAPM calculated its emissions according to GHG Standards in 2017, the issue of reducing emissions became one of the priorities for the Administration and the Academic Council of the Academy.
In order to reduce emissions and achieve net zero in the future, the Academy has implemented the following measures:
- The Academy disconnected from central heating (emissions amounted to 1066,796 tCO₂e in 2017). Since 2018, the Academy has launched its own biofuel boiler house (emissions amounted to 3,084 tCO₂e in 2024), which means that emissions have been reduced from 1066,796 to 3,084 tCO₂e.
Note: It is also worth noting here that even earlier (in 1999), IAPM completely abandoned the use of natural gas. Therefore, the Academy has no carbon emissions due to its use.
- By switching to hybrid and electric vehicles, fuel consumption (petrol and diesel) has been reduced. Its reduced emissions from 28,35 tCO₂e in 2017 to 11,129 tCO₂e in 2024.
- All lighting fixtures were replaced with energy-saving ones, which amounted to about 6,000 energy-saving light bulbs.
Alternative energy sources (solar thermal panels and charging stations for electric vehicles) are being gradually installed.
This made it possible to reduce the use of electricity from 3648,527 MWh to 1951 MWh (which reduced emissions from 1532,381 tCO₂e in 2017 to 647,942 tCO₂e in 2024).
IAPM GHG Emissions Inventory
|
Emissions Sources |
Baseline year 2017 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
tCO₂e |
tCO₂e |
tCO₂e |
|
|
SCOPE 1 |
|||
|
Petrol |
21,362 |
12,199 |
11,129 |
|
Diesel fuel |
6,988 |
0 |
0 |
|
Biomass-fueled boilers
|
0 |
3,370 |
3,084 |
|
SCOPE 2 |
|||
|
Electricity |
1532,381 |
1069 |
647,942 |
|
Central Heating |
1066,796 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total SCOPE 1 and SCOPE 2
|
2627,527 |
1084,569 |
662,155 |
|
Thus, these measures allowed to reduce the Total SCOPE 1 and SCOPE 2 emissions according to the GHG Standards calculated according to the protocol, which decreased from 2627,527 tCO2e in 2017 to 662,155 tCO2e in 2024.
SCOPE 3 |
|||
|
Faculty/Staff and Students Commuting |
245,603 |
165,297 |
127,186 |
|
Usage of electronics |
147,460 |
105,330 |
113,480 |
|
Food wastage |
20,435 |
12,112 |
18,569 |
|
Waste treatment plants |
19,976 |
4,753 |
6,986 |
|
Paper waste
|
9,724
|
2,015
|
2,003
|
|
Total SCOPE 3 |
443,198 |
289,327 |
268,224 |
The reduced emissions from 2017 to 2024 can be attributed to the abandonment of natural gas, the use of central heating, and the increase in the production of clean electricity, the transition to biomass boilers, solar electric panels, solar thermal panels (solar water heating), as well as an increase in the number of employees/teachers and students commuting to work by electric and hybrid vehicles, and the growth of remote/hybrid work.
Report of Academy carbon emissions in line with the Ukraine State Standards (Net Zero)