Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.20
Liaison Josh Lasky
Submission Date May 14, 2014
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George Washington University
SD-10: Energy Use by Type

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Doug Spengel
Manager, Energy and Environment Program
Operations
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The percentage of total electricity use from coal.:
37.96

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The percentage of total electricity use from wind.:
0

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The percentage of total electricity use from biomass.:
0.02

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The percentage of total electricity use from natural gas.:
20.22

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The percentage of total electricity use from solar PV.:
0

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The percentage of total electricity use from geothermal.:
0

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The percentage of total electricity use from nuclear.:
37.02

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The percentage of total electricity use from hydro.:
0.08

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The percentage of total electricity use from other.:
4.70

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Provide a brief description.:
Other sources include net electricity purchased from unknown sources as procured by GW's retail electric supplier (4.35%) and residual oils #5-6 (0.35%).

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from coal.:
0

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from biomass.:
0

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from electricity.:
8

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from natural gas.:
91.50

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from geothermal.:
0

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from fuel oil.:
0.25

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The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from other.:
0.25

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Provide a brief description.:
Fuel oil can be used as a back-up heat source when natural gas service is interrupted; none was used during FY13 except for testing. The University uses three solar hot water systems.

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If cogeneration, please explain.:
A natural gas-fired cogeneration system is being installed during FY14, and it will begin operating during FY15.

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Responses provided are for GW's FY 2013.

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