Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 43.94
Liaison Tsuneo Yabusaki
Submission Date June 5, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Soka University of America
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.03 / 4.00 Tom Harkenrider
Chief of Operations
Operations
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
64,630 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:
518 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Photovoltaic cells were installed on the Soka Performing Arts Center roof as part of the LEED Gold certification. They started generating electricity since November 17, 2010.

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.soka.edu/pac/about/default.aspx

Additional documentation to support the submission:
STARS OP 6 - Clean and Renewable Energy.xlsx

 

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
Coal 0
Geothermal 9
Hydro 2
Natural gas 26
Nuclear 6
Solar photovoltaic 7
Wind 8
Other (please specify and explain below) 41

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
In its 2015 power content label, Southern California Edison reports that 41% of its power comes from "unspecified sources of power".

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) 0

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:
0.80

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The performance year for OP 6 is SUA's Fiscal Year 2014-16 (July 1, 2014 to June 30 2016). The data spreadsheet for photovoltaic energy produced on-campus is attached to this form. Additionally, photovoltaic energy produced on-campus can also be tracked through the Deck Monitoring systems: http://live.deckmonitoring.com/?id=soka_university Regarding the data provided for optional fields, Southern California Edison (SCE) is the electricity provider for SUA. SCE's 2015 power mix can be found at this link: https://www.sce.com/wps/wcm/connect/b602f427-2762-4915-a043-b220e4a3e64e/2015_PCL_Final.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

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