Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.69
Liaison Stephanie MacPhee
Submission Date April 6, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Dalhousie University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.37 / 4.00
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
878,343 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:
168 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
We have on our campuses: 1 kw pole mounted system at the agricultural campus, 11.4 kw system wall mounted at the SUB, 4.16 kw roof ballast mounted at the Weldon Law Bld, 4.2 kw system ground mounted at Sexton campus, 19.5 pv as part of a pv/air duct system at the Computer science bld

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
81,720 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
We use biomass for the District Energy System at the Agriculture Campus. We have a solar wall system at the Mona Campbell bld, solar air duct as part of the pv/air duct system at the Computer Science Bld, solar thermal at LeMarchant Place. We have another solar thermal system this is currently offline and being re-designed.

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:
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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:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.dal.ca/dept/sustainability/programs/Energy_and_Climate_Change.html

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 2
Coal 62
Geothermal 0
Hydro 12
Natural gas 9
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 11
Other (please specify and explain below) 3

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
These % are from electricity supplied to the university from Nova Scotia Power - https://www.nspower.ca/en/home/about-us/todayspower.aspx# Natural gas numbers include oil. - Other is imported from neighbouring provinces

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 8
Coal 0
Electricity 5
Fuel oil 5
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 82
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

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:
9.32

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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