Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.94
Liaison Jen Maxwell
Submission Date Dec. 5, 2023

STARS v2.2

Appalachian State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.01 / 4.00 Jim Dees
Data and Assessment Specialist
Office of Sustailability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
453,722.33 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 236,074 Kilowatt-hours 805.48 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
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A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/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"

Clean and renewable thermal energy

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 569 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
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

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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Unbundled renewable energy products

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Option 4 is zero.

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
1,374.48 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.30

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:

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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 51.86
Solar photovoltaic 0.04
Wind 0.10
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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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:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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