| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.94 |
| Liaison | Samuel Crowl |
| Submission Date | Aug. 11, 2021 |
Ohio University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.71 / 4.00 |
Elaine
Goetz Director of Energy Management Facilities Management & Safety |
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) | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 134,550 Kilowatt-hours | 459.08 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
One 61.1 kW photovoltaic array on the Lausche storage shed; one 41.1 kW of photovoltaic panels at the Compost Facility; one 2.4 kW photovoltaic array on the EcoHouse; one 4 kW photovoltaic sheet on the Innovation Center; one 2.34 kW photovoltaic array at Building 22.
Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
| MMBtu | |
| Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 3 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:
A solar thermal system is installed at the compost facility but is not metered, so the value is an annual estimate based on the 1.4 gal size of the solar thermal system.
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
A 1.4 gallon solar thermal water heating system is installed on our compost facility to improve the ability of workers to clean the collection bins with harvested rainwater.
Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 60,557,209 Kilowatt-hours | 206,621.20 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Ohio University purchased 50% of its electricity through wind renewable energy certificates (RECs) from 2016-2020. REC purchase contracts have been signed to cover 100% of electricity as of January 2021 but we are choosing FY19 as our energy performance period, so we are not including the 2021 purchases here.
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 | 0.50 |
| Coal | 24.50 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 1.50 |
| Natural gas | 36.50 |
| Nuclear | 33.50 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.50 |
| Wind | 2.50 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.50 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Unspecified other.
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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
FY19 Purchased Electricity, Purchased RECs, and On-site Solar Energy Generation (kWh) provided by Elaine Goetz updated by Sydney Hutchinson 3/2/2020. AEP Energy is our CRES.
Sierra Magazine Electricity use, by source data retrieved from AEP Energy Environmental Disclosure Information - Quarterly Comparison - Actual Data 1/1/10 - 9/30/19 updated by Sydney Hutchinson 3/2/2020.
Ohio University is a US EPA Green Power Partnership Top 30 College and University Partners for the annual purchase, beginning in Dec, 2015, of 50% of electricity from RECs. The data entered above is for FY19 REC purchases. See note about increase to 100% RECs in January 2021.
Non-electric (solar thermal) renewable energy data is estimated from array size; other data is actual data from FY19.
FY19 Purchased Electricity, Purchased RECs, and On-site Solar Energy Generation (kWh) provided by Elaine Goetz updated by Sydney Hutchinson 3/2/2020. AEP Energy is our CRES.
Sierra Magazine Electricity use, by source data retrieved from AEP Energy Environmental Disclosure Information - Quarterly Comparison - Actual Data 1/1/10 - 9/30/19 updated by Sydney Hutchinson 3/2/2020.
Ohio University is a US EPA Green Power Partnership Top 30 College and University Partners for the annual purchase, beginning in Dec, 2015, of 50% of electricity from RECs. The data entered above is for FY19 REC purchases. See note about increase to 100% RECs in January 2021.
Non-electric (solar thermal) renewable energy data is estimated from array size; other data is actual data from FY19.
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