Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.14
Liaison Aaron Durnbaugh
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2017
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Loyola University Chicago
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.44 / 4.00 Aaron Durnbaugh
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
411,602 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:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
N/A

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Biodiesel program utilizing waste grease from dining services at Loyola and other institutions (5,626 gallons).

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:
N/A

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:
44,582 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Purchased Green-E certified RECs for LEED construction projects and as part of a student-led initiative

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.luc.edu/sustainability/campus/focus_areas/energy/

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 0.50
Coal 59
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0.66
Natural gas 11
Nuclear 25.70
Solar photovoltaic 0.01
Wind 2
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
N/A

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 5
Natural gas 95
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
N/A

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
11.01

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Fy16 REC purchase.

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