Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.99
Liaison Hayley Berliner
Submission Date Oct. 28, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Trinity College (CT)
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Hayley Berliner
Sustainability Coordinator
Finance & Operations
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
308,597 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:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
353 kW Solar panel system on 4 buildings (LSC, B&G, Commons, & Ferris) provide all power into the south campus sub station loop which can be used in 25 buildings. 1.4 MW Fuel Cell consumes water & Natural Gas to generate electricity which is connected to our south campus substation. Waste heat is recovered as steam and connected to our central steam heating plant.

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:
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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:
Solar ZREC’s sold to Eversource (local utility). Fuel Cell LREC’s controlled by owner of the Fuel Cell.

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 55
Nuclear ---
Solar photovoltaic 1
Wind ---
Other (please specify and explain below) 44

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Natural Gas- 55% of purchased Solar photovoltaic- 1% of total consumption Fuel Cell- 44% of total consumption (only on line 1 month in FY18 but fully online in FY19)

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 100
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

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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