Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.10
Liaison Barbara Queen
Submission Date July 17, 2019
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STARS v2.1

California State University, Los Angeles
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.03 / 4.00 Brad Haydel
Energy and Sustainability Manager
Facilities, Planning, Design and Construction
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
188,451.13 MMBtu

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:
50.90 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
In July 2011, Cal State LA activated a photovoltaic system of 77 solar panels on the E&T building. The solar PV system is composed of two types of modules: a large, 56-Sharp-panel and a smaller 21-Solec-panel subsystem previously used at Huntington Library. The system generates about 40 kWh daily during the summer. In 2018, the underperforming 21-Solec-panel subsystem were replaced with an array of 14 high-performance LG panels each capable of producing 320 W in full sun. They new system is showing a 150% performance improvement, and generates a total of 150 MWh/year. http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/newsrel/solarpanels-2011.htm

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Not applicable

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, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
Not applicable

Option 4 

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:
1,364.86 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
400 Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) purchased from 3Degrees.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 1
Coal 18
Geothermal 4
Hydro 8
Natural gas 31
Nuclear 10
Solar photovoltaic 11
Wind 10
Other (please specify and explain below) 7

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Other refers to "unspecified sources of power", meaning electricity from transactions that are not traceable to specific generation sources.

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 100
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.75

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/pcl/labels/2017_labels/LADWP_2017_PCL.pdf

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