Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.37
Liaison Olivia Herron
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2022

STARS v2.2

Miami University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.17 / 4.00 Adam Sizemore
Director of Sustainability
Physical Facilities Department
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
789,811.21 MMBtu

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:

NA


A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:

NA


Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 34,236.91 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:

Geothermal heat pumps have been operational on Miami’s campus since 2011 in the school’s oldest residence halls. The Western Geothermal Plant was built in 2014 and expanded in 2017. Its 690 wells provide heating and cooling to 10 buildings with over ½ million sq. ft. In FY2018, our geothermal heating system generated 34,236.905 MMBtu of non-electric renewable energy. Utilizing a geothermal heating system has been one factoring variable (of many) contributing to the elimination of burning coal on-site. For the first time in FY2017, Miami University did not burn coal; three years before our targeted goal of eliminating coal by 2025. Miami University continued to not burn coal in FY2018.


A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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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:

NA


Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
34,236.91 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
4.33

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0
Natural gas 0
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 0
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

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 0
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

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

NA


Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Contact Cody Powell - powellcj@miamioh.edu


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