| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.76 |
| Liaison | Josh Lasky |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
George Washington University
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
N/A |
Endowment size:
Total campus area:
IECC climate region:
Locale:
Gross floor area of building space:
Conditioned floor area:
Floor area of laboratory space:
Floor area of healthcare space:
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
Floor area of residential space:
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0.10 |
| Coal | 43.83 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 1.13 |
| Natural gas | 16.67 |
| Nuclear | 34.47 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.05 |
| Wind | 1.70 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 2.05 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Other sources in GW's purchased electricity supply mix through its retail electric suppliers include the following:
Captured Methane - Coal Mine Gas
Captured Methane - Landfill Gas
Fuel Cell - Non-Renewable
Gas - Other
Inter-Utility Net Energy Purchases
Oil - Distillate Fuel Oil
Oil - Jet Fuel
Oil - Kerosene
Oil - Petroleum Coke
Oil - Residual Fuel Oil
Solid Waste - Municipal Solid Waste
Wood - Black Liquor
Wood - Wood/Wood Waste Solids
In addition, the university has several signs that are lighted at night using solar energy collected and stored during the day, that are not counted in the figures in this section. A photovoltaic panel array above a walkway, known as the Solar Walk, is now in use between two buildings at the Virginia Science and Technology Campus.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 13.40 |
| Fuel oil | 4.10 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 82.50 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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