Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 37.70
Liaison Karen Marin-Hines
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Texas Tech University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.03 / 4.00 Lisa Simmons
Section Coordinator
Planning & Administration
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
1,215,614 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:
10,265 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
The energy identified here, as renewable, comes from the back-pressure turbine where steam pressure is reduced by powering a turbine. The steam pressure must be reduced before sending it to campus.

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:
We have several wind turbines, at our wind energy museum and SWIFT research station.

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:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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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:
All of our electricity is purchased from Lubbock Power and Light (LP&L) and therefore its origin fuel is out of our control. LP&L does not enable users to purchase renewable energy plans. LP&L reports that 21 % of their energy is wind generated.

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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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.84

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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