Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 40.95
Liaison Kathleen Moore
Submission Date Aug. 22, 2011
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East Tennessee State University
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.12 / 7.00 Kathleen Moore
Sustainability Director
Sustainability
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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 :
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Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated:
65,082.60 MMBtu

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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 :
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Option 4: Total RECs and other similar renewable energy products that the institution purchased during the performance year that are Green-e certified or meet the Green-e standard's technical requirements and are third party verified:
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Option 5: Total electricity generated with co-generation technology using non-renewable fuel sources :
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Total energy consumed during the performance year :
214,599 MMBtu

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A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
ETSU has installed 2 small solar arrays to generate electricity including a sign powered by a solar array; an educational array at our General Shale General History Museum and Fossil Site. Another solar array is planned for our on-campus recycling center.

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A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
At ETSU's College of Medicine Campus located on property at the Mountain Home Veterans Administration Campus, energy is provided by an innovative and award-winning project developed by the Energy Systems Group (ESG)that takes processed landfill gas and converts it to a high quality natural gas resource that is used as a one-for-one replacment of natural gas which is then used to generate steam, electricity and chilled water for our buildings.

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A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year:
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A brief description of co-generation technologies deployed:
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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
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