Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.95
Liaison Susan Powers
Submission Date Feb. 12, 2016
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Clarkson University
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.07 / 4.00 Susan Powers
Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
275,857 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
Performance Year
Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes 4,273 MMBtu
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site 250 MMBtu
Option 3: 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 0 MMBtu
Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) 0 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :

2 MW solar PV installed on our property through NY SUN initiative. RECs have been retired (by the state). This system came on line November 2014, so its full potential was not realized in our performance year (FY15)


A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

150 kW high efficiency, low emissions wood pellet boiler is used to heat Walker arena


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:

none


A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:

none


The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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