Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.76
Liaison James Speer
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2019
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Indiana State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 James Speer
Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
274,557.08 MMBtu

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:
1 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
One wind turbine outside of Mills Residence Hall and solar panels recently placed on-line for the main campus. There is one wind turbine on campus, but it does not have a meter to record the energy. The solar panels placed on campus are for a specific art installation and are not included in facilities reports. Solar panels recently placed on the Office of Sustainability were not active during this reporting cycle. Therefore, the electricity generated is a rough estimate based on previous reported numbers.

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
None

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, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
None

Option 4 

Total third-party certified RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a utility-provided certified green power option) purchased during the performance year:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
None

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.indstate.edu/university-engagement/sustainability

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 100
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0
Natural gas 0
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0
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 0
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 100
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.00

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
There is still fuel oil retained from previous use for building heating, but it is no longer in active use. If the oil were to be used to heat buildings, it could be used for a total of 6 days before running out. Solar energy is used for the electricity of one small building on campus. Therefore, it does not equal a large enough percentage to be included.

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