Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.27
Liaison Caitlin Steele
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2017
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STARS v2.1

San Francisco State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.02 / 4.00 Nick Kordesch
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
59,843 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:
227.50 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
SF State hosts 3 demonstration fuel cells on campus. Our local utility operates the fuel cells and uses the electricity generated, while SF State uses the heat and water produced by the process. The Romberg Tiburon Center currently has a photovoltaic system that can provide up to 100% of the electricity needed for its conference center. It also has a new solar panel array in the parking structure that provides up to 65 kwh/day to their main laboratory. .

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:
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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:
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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:
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Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.rtc.sfsu.edu/sustainability/index.htm

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:

Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 1.90
Coal 0
Geothermal 0
Hydro 3.90
Natural gas 32
Nuclear 5.50
Solar photovoltaic 15.35
Wind 15.35
Other (please specify and explain below) 24.10

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 ---
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:
0.38

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Had help with collecting data from Scott Kern at SF State's Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies

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