Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.39
Liaison Tina Woolston
Submission Date Nov. 12, 2015
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Tufts University
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Betsy Isenstein
Director of Facilities Technical Services
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
754,600 MMBtu

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 87.70 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 :

23.8 kW photovoltaic system on Sophia Gordon Hall
2 250 Watt photovoltaic panels on Fairmont House
99 kW photovoltaic system on Dowling Hall


A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

Sophia Gordon Hall hosts a roof mounted solar thermal system to supplement the gas-fired domestic hot water system used in the residence hall.

Schmalz House has two solar thermal panels for supplemental domestic hot water and a small photovoltaic panel to run the system pump.


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:

Purchased RECs from 3 Degrees on 8/17/2009 for LEED projects.


The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Performance year is FY14


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