Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.10
Liaison Jim Dees
Submission Date May 21, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Appalachian State University
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.01 / 7.00 Crystal Simmons
Outreach and public relations
Office of Sustainability
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Option 1: Total clean and renewable electricity generated on site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes :
416.80 MMBtu

Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated:
767.08 MMBtu

Option 3: Total clean and renewable electricity generated by off-site projects that the institution catalyzed and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes :
0 MMBtu

Option 4: Total RECs and other similar renewable energy products that the institution purchased during the performance year that are Green-e certified or meet the Green-e standard's technical requirements and are third party verified:
0 MMBtu

Option 5: Total electricity generated with cogeneration technology using non-renewable fuel sources :
0 MMBtu

Total energy consumed during the performance year :
587,251.40 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :

Actual metered data from 2 grid-tied PV systems of 4.0 kW and 1.7 kW and a 100 kW wind turbine are included in this calculation. Electricity generated from 1.5 kW and 2.96 kW PV systems has been estimated, since these net metered systems do not have actual production figures logged.


A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

The following solar thermal systems are included in this calculation:
Plemmons Student Union - 1.138 MMBtu/day system
Frank Residence Hall - 0.995 MMBtu/day system
Mountaineer Residence Hall - 0.736 MMBtu/day system
Varsity Gymnasium - 0.284 MMBtu/day system


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year, including contract timeframes:
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A brief description of cogeneration technologies deployed:
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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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