Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.55
Liaison Aaron Klemm
Submission Date Sept. 15, 2011
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STARS v1.0

San Jose State University
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.49 / 7.00 Debbie Andres
Utilities & Sustainability Analyst
FD&O
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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 :
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Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated:
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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 :
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Option 4: Total RECs and other similar renewable energy products that the institution purchased during the performance year that are Green-e certified or meet the Green-e standard's technical requirements and are third party verified:
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Option 5: Total electricity generated with co-generation technology using non-renewable fuel sources :
118,634 MMBtu

Total energy consumed during the performance year :
427,507 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
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A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year:
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A brief description of co-generation technologies deployed:

At SJSU's Central Plant, the university owns and operates a highly efficient Cheng Cycle Cogeneration unit with a capacity of 6 MW. This consists of a natural gas fired turbine and a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG). On an annual basis, Cogen provides about 80% of the electricity for campus and nearly 100% of the steam load for building space heating and domestic hot water.


The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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