Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.20
Liaison Josh Lasky
Submission Date May 14, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

George Washington University
SD-10: Energy Use by Type

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Doug Spengel
Manager, Energy and Environment Program
Operations
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

The percentage of total electricity use from coal.:
37.96

The percentage of total electricity use from wind.:
0

The percentage of total electricity use from biomass.:
0.02

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

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

The percentage of total electricity use from geothermal.:
0

The percentage of total electricity use from nuclear.:
37.02

The percentage of total electricity use from hydro.:
0.08

The percentage of total electricity use from other.:
4.70

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%).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.


Responses provided are for GW's FY 2013.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.