| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.00 |
| Liaison | Lisa Mitten |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
State University of New York at New Paltz
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.00 / 4.00 |
Lisa
Mitten Campus Sustainability Coordinator Office of Campus Sustainability |
Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
| Performance Year | |
| Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes | 189 MMBtu |
| Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site | 0 MMBtu |
| Option 3: 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 | 0 MMBtu |
| Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
SUNY New Paltz has four separate solar photovoltaic arrays, three roof-mounted, and one ground-mounted system:
48 KW array on the roof of the Athletics and Wellness Center.
10 KW array on the roof of Resnick Engineering Building
7 KW array on the roof of Elting Gym
5 KW ground-mounted array powering the GEM Cars (the white golf cart-type looking vehicles that facilities staff drive around during the spring, summer, and fall)
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Not applicable.
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
Not applicable.
A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:
Not applicable.
The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The 7 KW array on the roof of Elting Gym is not set up to send electricity generation data to an online server, so we did not include the electricity generated from the Elting Gym array in calculations for this credit. The 5K Gem Car array has been on line for a number of years, but it was not connected to the tracking system until November of 2013. For the Gem Car array, the College used data from November of 2013 to October of 2014 to calculate this credit. The College used data for 2013 for the Athletic and Wellness Center and the Resnick Engineering Building array.
The 7 KW array on the roof of Elting Gym is not set up to send electricity generation data to an online server, so we did not include the electricity generated from the Elting Gym array in calculations for this credit. The 5K Gem Car array has been on line for a number of years, but it was not connected to the tracking system until November of 2013. For the Gem Car array, the College used data from November of 2013 to October of 2014 to calculate this credit. The College used data for 2013 for the Athletic and Wellness Center and the Resnick Engineering Building array.
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