| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.41 |
| Liaison | Susan Dorward |
| Submission Date | April 14, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Raritan Valley Community College
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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N/A |
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None
Endowment size:
0
US/Canadian $
None
Total campus area:
240
Acres
None
IECC climate region:
Cold
None
Locale:
Small town
None
Gross floor area of building space:
510,000
Gross square feet
None
Conditioned floor area:
460,000
Square feet
None
Floor area of laboratory space:
12,500
Square feet
None
Floor area of healthcare space:
0
Square feet
None
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
11,500
Square feet
None
Floor area of residential space:
0
Square feet
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | 40.50 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | 7.80 |
| Natural gas | 5.70 |
| Nuclear | 16.30 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 5 |
| Wind | 24 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.70 |
None
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
JCP&L is part of First Energy, which sources 71% of our energy. They report solar, wind and hydro as a combined number. That has been reported here under hydro. Other is for oil. See https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/fecorp/about/generation_system.html.
RVCC purchased 24% wind energy RECs in FY2014.
The college does not own SRECs for on-site solar, but STARS directed RVCC to include it here.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | 5.46 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 86.90 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 6.97 |
None
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Other is waste heat from cogeneration plant, which is used to heat campus hot water loop. Gas includes science lab usage (same meter).
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
For conditioned floor area, removed 50,000 sq ft of Phys Ed building (not including Facilities offices). Lab space is half of Science building. Other energy intensive space is half of a floor of the West building for computer labs (7500), plus the data center (1000) and the cafeteria kitchen (3000). The college purchases 35% wind energy in addition to the mix from JCPL.
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