Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.49
Liaison Elizabeth Swiman
Submission Date March 15, 2023

STARS v2.2

Florida State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.31 / 4.00 Nariman Nusserwanji
Energy Engineer
Central Utilities
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
1,321,158.16 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) 30,000,006 Kilowatt-hours 102,360.02 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
FSU’s Utilities provider, City of Tallahassee, completed a 60MW solar farm in 2020. FSU committed to purchasing a large portion of the commercial allocation of the solar farm, which makes FSU the largest single consumer of solar energy from City of Tallahassee. The City of Tallahassee, on behalf of FSU, is retaining and retiring the RECs associated with the monthly energy purchases made by FSU.

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
The Sustainability Hub utilizes 12 solar panels which provides the electricity required for educational classes, workshops, and events in an outdoor classroom within the Seminole Organic Garden.

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:
The university installed a large solar thermal system for the swimming pool at the student recreation center that is able to eliminate steam usage during warm months for the pool, while providing as much as 25% of the heat needed in cooler months.

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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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:
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Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
102,360.02 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
7.75

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
Coal 0
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0
Natural gas 95
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 5
Wind 0
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 1
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 99
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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