| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.27 |
| Liaison | Tracy Edwards |
| Submission Date | May 16, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Frostburg State University
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.67 / 7.00 |
Jon
Diamond Administrative Specialist Physical Plant |
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 :
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated:
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 :
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:
Option 5: Total electricity generated with cogeneration technology using non-renewable fuel sources :
Total energy consumed during the performance year :
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
WISE is a residential size demonstration system developed to generate electricity from wind and solar energy. The system is located on the Frostburg State University campus.
WISE consists of a 1.8-kW wind turbine (Skystream 3.7) on a 45' monopole tower and a 2-kW roof-mounted PV array. The grid-tie system supplements grid power supplying a residential type building on campus named "Fuller House".
This is a hybrid system that incorporates both a wind terbine and PV arrayThe PV part of the system started to generate electricity on June 8, 2007. The wind turbine started to operate on a temporary tower of 33' on July 6, 2007. The turbine was later installed on a 45' monopole tower and the system became fully operational on September 8, 2007.
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year, including contract timeframes:
Frostburg State University purchased 5,304 REC’s in 2010 from Washington Gas Energy Services.
A brief description of cogeneration technologies deployed:
The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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