Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.50
Liaison Chris Bond
Submission Date Nov. 27, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Unity Environmental University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.13 / 4.00 Jonathan Gibbons
Sustainability Engagement and Data Coordinator
Sustainability
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
17,512.87 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:
14.22 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
A 5.4 kW photovoltaic array is integrated into the net-zero energy, LEED Platinum Unity House -- our former president's on-campus home, which is now classrooms and an energy lab. Other solar PV generation on campus are from PPAs so we cannot claim the REC credits.

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
1,540.46 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Five wood pellet boilers are operating on campus to provide heat and hot water. An evacuated-tube solar thermal array heats domestic hot water for our Student Services building, TerraHaus. BTUs from that production have not been included here. Two solar thermal panels provide much of the hot water needed for the Unity House.

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:
3,412 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
69% of electricity emissions are offset by the purchase of 1,100 (1.1 million kWh) green-e certified RECs provided by our energy supplier through a cooperative electricity purchasing agreement.

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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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Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:

Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 5.10
Coal 2
Geothermal 0
Hydro 31.80
Natural gas 23.80
Nuclear 16.50
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 0
Other (please specify and explain below) 20.80

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
The remaining 20.8% are made up of the following: Diesel (1.0%), Municipal Waste (0.1%), Oil (6.7%), System Mix (12.6%), Trash-to-Energy (0.2%), and unspecified (0.2%).

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:
28.36

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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