Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.91
Liaison Susan Powers
Submission Date April 10, 2024

STARS v2.2

Clarkson University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.18 / 4.00 Susan Powers
Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment
ISE
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
260,717.23 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) 21,150,067 Kilowatt-hours 72,164.03 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 1,480,123 Kilowatt-hours 5,050.18 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Brookfield Renewable Energy generates power along the Raquette River. We purchase electricity and the associated RECs directly from them. Recharge NY provides electric power from the Robert Moses power dam in the nearby St. Lawrence River. This facility is operated by the NYPA, who includes the renewable energy resources as a part of the state mandate for clean energy.

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
2 MW solar installation on Clarkson property. Owned and maintained by CES, all power purchased by Clarkson through a PPA, including all RECs that are retired

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:
NA

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

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:
All RECs we buy are bundled with the electricity commodity

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
77,214.21 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
29.62

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0.10
Coal 0
Geothermal 0
Hydro 90.80
Natural gas 1.30
Nuclear 1.70
Solar photovoltaic 5.90
Wind 0.20
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
solid waste (1.1%),

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:
Natural gas used for all heating and hot water except for un-quantified passive solar radiation.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://brookfieldrenewableus.com/news-press/clarkson-university-campus-now-powered-by-100-percent-renewable-electricity-through-partnership-with-brookfield-renewable/

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