Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.27
Liaison Stephen Ellis
Submission Date July 2, 2012
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Boston University
SD-10: Energy Use by Type

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Dennis Carlberg
Associate Vice President for Sustainability
BU Sustainability
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The percentage of total electricity use from coal.:
8.66

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The percentage of total electricity use from wind.:
0.54

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The percentage of total electricity use from biomass.:
0.75

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The percentage of total electricity use from natural gas.:
41.94

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The percentage of total electricity use from solar PV.:
0.05

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The percentage of total electricity use from geothermal.:
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The percentage of total electricity use from nuclear.:
28.85

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The percentage of total electricity use from hydro.:
6.89

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The percentage of total electricity use from other.:
12.32

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Provide a brief description.:
The "other" category includes Diesel at 2.47%, Digester gas at .03%, fuel cell at .01%, jet at 3.74%, landfill gas at .49%, municipal solid waste at 1.04%, trash-to-energy at 1.75%, wood at 1.23%, and oil at 1.55%

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from coal.:
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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from biomass.:
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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from electricity.:
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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from natural gas.:
75

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from geothermal.:
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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from fuel oil.:
9

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from other.:
16

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Provide a brief description.:
One of our buildings is powered by geothermal

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If cogeneration, please explain.:
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