| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.93 |
| Liaison | Jim Dees |
| Submission Date | April 19, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Appalachian State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.00 / 4.00 |
Jim
Dees Data and Assessment Specialist Office of Sustailability |
Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
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:
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Wind:
The 100-kilowatt “Northwind 100” wind turbine
Solar:
yearly production data for 3 systems is included in the figure above
4.0 kW ground mounted system "mountain array"
1.7 kW pole mounted "biodiesel array"
5.4 kW roof mounted system "Legends PVEV Charging Station"
1.5 kW roof mounted "Kerr Scott array"
6.6 kW roof mounted "Library Traffic Circle array"
Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
All other accountable RE is from solar thermal
Plemmons Student Union ST: 42 10'x4' FP collectors
Varsity Gymnasium ST: 12 10'x4' FP collectors
Reich College of Education ST: 4 8'x4' FP collectors
Biofuels Research Facility ST: 4 8'x4' FP collectors
Summit Residence Hall 72 panel pressutized glycol system
Mountaineer Residence Hall 40 panel pressurized glycol system
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, performance year:
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
Total third-party certified RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a utility-provided certified green power option) purchased during the performance year:
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Option 4 is zero.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 30 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 6 |
| Natural gas | 12 |
| Nuclear | 52 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.04 |
| Wind | 0.10 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 7.70 |
| Fuel oil | 0.20 |
| Geothermal | 0.20 |
| Natural gas | 91.90 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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