Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 86.17
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date May 31, 2022

STARS v2.2

Thompson Rivers University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 James Gordon
Environmental Programs and Research Coordinator
TRU Office of Environment and Sustainability
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
90,105.90 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) 11,286.91 Kilowatt-hours 38.51 MMBtu

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

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
A 10 kW solar photovoltaic system for the TRU Student Union building has been operational since 2014, and the new Nursing and Population Health building (completed in 2020) also has a solar PV system that produces 54.28 KW. Both systems are tied-in with the grid.

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:
n/a

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

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 30,982,222 Kilowatt-hours 105,711.34 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
TRU has started purchasing Bullfrog Power's green electricity and green natural gas. Their third party audit prepared by Deloitte confirms that Bullfrog Power only sources EcoLogo certified green electricity certificates (equivalent to Green-e for low-impact renewable electricity products in Canada) and green natural gas certificates produced at facilities that meet the ICF standard.

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
105,749.85 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
117.36

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 98
Natural gas ---
Nuclear ---
Solar photovoltaic 2
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 98
Other (please specify and explain below) 2

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
2% is from the geo-exchange system in the Brown Family House of Learning.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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