| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.88 |
| Liaison | Audrey McSain |
| Submission Date | March 20, 2023 |
Lehigh University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.50 / 4.00 |
Douglas
Spengel Associate Director Utilities and Engineering Facilities Services |
Total energy consumption, performance year:
Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 67,000,000 Kilowatt-hours | 228,604 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 5,228 Kilowatt-hours | 17.84 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Lehigh began buying bundled Green-E certified RECs through a virtual power purchase agreement with an off-site developer/project on February 20, 2020. The value shown above represents the RECs retired on Lehigh's behalf from July 1, 2021 through June 30,2022.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
There are five solar photovoltaic panel installations on campus. Four installations serve remote and off-grid activities and are not directly metered whereas the largest installation at the Goodman Campus Community Garden is grid-connected and metered. The figure reported above includes only the metered usage from the largest installation.
Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
| MMBtu | |
| Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 0 MMBtu |
| Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
N/A
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
N/A
Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
N/A
Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0.30 |
| Coal | 22 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 2.40 |
| Natural gas | 38.20 |
| Nuclear | 33.10 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.70 |
| Wind | 2.80 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.50 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Oil, incineration of municipal solid waste, and mine-based methane gas.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 7.89 |
| Fuel oil | 0.10 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 92 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.01 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Lehigh heats two small buildings with propane.
Additional documentation to support the submission:
The electricity-source data were provided by Lehigh's electricity supplier for calendar year 2021, and not for the performance year of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
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.