Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 34.87
Liaison Courtney Gallaher
Submission Date June 4, 2024

STARS v2.2

Northern Illinois University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Alyssa Edwards
Graduate Assitant
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
6,530,105.49 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

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:
None

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

Clean and renewable thermal energy

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:
None

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
None

Unbundled renewable energy products

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:
None

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
0 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0

Optional Fields

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 0.60
Coal 32.10
Geothermal 0
Hydro 1.10
Natural gas 29.40
Nuclear 30.70
Solar photovoltaic 0.10
Wind 4.80
Other (please specify and explain below) 1.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Oil, other fossil fuels, and other unknown fuels (refer to attached)

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) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
None

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The university sources all electricity from the RFCW Ohio eGrid subregion. Source data is from EPA Power Profiler (refer to attached PDF for data).

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