Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 34.71
Liaison Kristina Bryan
Submission Date March 2, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Saint Louis University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Amy Hargis
Project Analyst
Sustainability & Benchmarking
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
745,693 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:
895 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
SLU finalized the leasing of 9 solar arrays on 9 designated campus buildings through the Ameren rebate incentive program. The University began investigating the option of leasing the panels and utilization of the state-rebates as part of the Energy & Utilities Strategies Action Team. Facilities Services submitted a total of thirteen applications to secure the approvals necessary for placing the solar panels. Final installation of the arrays was completed in FY15.

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
n/a

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:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
n/a

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.slu.edu/facilities-services-home/sustainability/campus-operations/utilities/solar

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
Coal 67.10
Geothermal 0
Hydro 3.60
Natural gas 0.30
Nuclear 23.30
Solar photovoltaic 0.20
Wind 0.70
Other (please specify and explain below) 4.80

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
9 solar arrays were added to 9 SLU buildings in FY15.

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas ---
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.12

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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