Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	66.57
Liaison	Rebecca Collins
Submission Date	Dec. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Temple University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.08 / 4.00	Rebecca Collins Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability

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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:

1,584,592.96 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

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)	0 Kilowatt-hours	0 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:

The Commonwealth of PA mandated, through the passing of Act 213, that electric distribution companies and electric generation suppliers include a specific percentage of electricity from alternative resources in the generation that they sell to Pennsylvania customers. While Act 213, does not mandate exactly which resources must be utilized and in what quantities, certain minimum thresholds must be met for the use of Tier 1, Tier II, and solar photovoltaic resources.

https://www.puc.pa.gov/filing-resources/issues-laws-regulations/aeps-act/

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:

A 63kW PV array located on an athletics building on Main Campus. In order to make the project financially feasible, we did not retain the project S-RECs. https://sustainability.temple.edu/sustainable-campus

Clean and renewable thermal energy

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy	0 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:

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A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:

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Unbundled renewable energy products

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):

	kWh	MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party	9,500,000 Kilowatt-hours	32,414 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:

Temple University purchases Green-e RECs to meet annual carbon reduction goals. In FY 2023, 9,500,000 kWh of Green-e RECs were purchased.

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:

32,414 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:

2.05

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):

	Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass	---
Coal	---
Geothermal	---
Hydro	---
Natural gas	---
Nuclear	---
Solar photovoltaic	---
Wind	---
Other (please specify and explain below)	---

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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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Includes data through end of FY2023

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