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Liaison Tavey Capps
Submission Date Feb. 25, 2015
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Duke University
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Tavey Capps
Environmental Sustainability Director
Office of the Executive Vice President
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
3,180,336 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 0 MMBtu
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site 0 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 :

There are three on-campus locations with demonstration-scale renewable electricity generating devices. The Marguerite Kent Repass Ocean Conservation Center at the Duke University Marine Lab uses geothermal pumps for heating and cooling, solar panels for hot water, and photovoltaic rooftop panels to convert sunlight into electricity. The Home Depot SMART House uses solar panels for hot water and photovoltaic as well.

Duke Environment Hall, the 70,000-square-foot new home of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, opened on April 10, 2014.The five-story glass-and-concrete building, located on Circuit Drive on Duke’s West Campus, incorporates start-of-the-art green features and technologies inside and out. It has been designed to meet or exceed the criteria for LEED Green Building platinum certification, the highest level of sustainability. Solar PV provides up to 9% of the buildings energy needs.


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

http://nicholas.duke.edu/about/environmenthall

http://today.duke.edu/2011/09/bryancentersolarpanels
In 2011, Duke installed 45 solar-thermal panels on the roof of the Bryan Center Student center that provide 30-40% of the hot water needs of the building.


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:
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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
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