| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.01 |
| Liaison | Rebecca Walker |
| Submission Date | April 13, 2022 |
Southern Oregon University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.13 / 4.00 |
Rebecca
Walker Sustainability Manager Facilities, Management, Sustainability and Planning |
Total energy consumption, performance year:
Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 697,280 Kilowatt-hours | 2,379.12 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
City of Ashland purchases low carbon energy from Bonneville Power Administration.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
SOU currently has SOU has 11 solar arrays on campus, totaling 515 kW of solar capacity. SOU's first solar array was installed on the Hannon Library in 2000. The 6kw solar array consists of 24 solar panels. In January 2019, SOU expanded on this system, adding an additional 55.65 kW of solar to the site. In the last 3 years, an additional 5 arrays have been added and funded through private investors, grants, the student body, and the University Administration. There are also now 3 net-zero buildings on campus. Further information can be found at https://news.sou.edu/2021/09/solar-arrays-pop-up-at-the-farm-at-sou/
Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
| MMBtu | |
| Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 354.51 MMBtu |
| Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
SOU's Dining Hall and McLoughlin Residence Hall each have solar hot water systems installed to augment the natural gas domestic water heating. The system on McLoughlin Hall consists of an array of 16 flat plate solar collectors mounted on the roof, facing due south with a tilt of approximately 15 degrees from horizontal. Each solar collector is 48"x122". The total solar collector absorber area is 597.3 square feet. The efficiency of the collectors is 60.7%. The collectors are piped together on a glycol loop piped to a heat exchanger. The system has two 500 gallon solar preheat storage tanks.
The solar hot water system on the Dining Hall consists of an array of 8 flat plate solar collectors mounted on the roof, facing due south with a tilt of approximately 15 degrees from horizontal. Each solar collector is 48"x122". The total solar collector absorber area is 321.2 square feet. Efficiency of the collectors is 66.2%. The collectors are piped together on a glycol loop piped to a heat exchanger.
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | 86.50 |
| Natural gas | 0 |
| Nuclear | 8.80 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
| Wind | 0.80 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 3 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
SOU purchases power from the City of Ashland Municipal Utility, which purchases most of its power from the Bonneville Power Administration. The Utility also produces a small amount of local hydropower. The numbers above are those reported by BPA as their power mix. Other sources of power are not specified.
https://www.bpa.gov/p/Generation/Fuel-Mix/FuelMix/BPA-Official-Fuel-Mix-2017.pdf
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 1 |
| Fuel oil | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 99 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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