Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.46
Liaison Andrew DeMelia
Submission Date May 11, 2022

STARS v2.2

Bryant University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.52 / 4.00 Peter Tympanick
Campus Management Business Administrator
Facilities
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
123,499.85 MMBtu

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 4,705,595 Kilowatt-hours 16,055.49 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:

Bryant University has signed a power purchase agreement with Kearsage Energy for renewable energy credits from multiple solar farms in Rhode Island. This agreement provides off-sets on the electricity invoices from National Grid. We are currently purchasing 36% of our total load. The University receives a credit from the solar provider based on kWh's generated by the facilities.


A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
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Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 0 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:
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A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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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:
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Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
16,055.49 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
13.00

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 2.11
Coal 0.63
Geothermal 0
Hydro 6.18
Natural gas 46.85
Nuclear 24.48
Solar photovoltaic 4.69
Wind 3.71
Other (please specify and explain below) 11

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:

Air source heat pumps .07%, Biogas .01%, Trash to Energy 2.47%, Wood 1.09%, Diesel .58%, Digester Gas .10%, Efficient Resource (Maine) .09%, Energy storage .03%, Fuel cell .47%, Ground and water source .04%, Hydroelectric 6.18%, Jet .01%, landfill gas .53%, liquid biofuels .47%, Municipal solid waste .65%, Oil 4.71%, Solar thermal .01%


Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity 3.30
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal 3.40
Natural gas 93.30
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:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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