Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 68.22 |
Liaison | Mary Ellen Mallia |
Submission Date | Dec. 21, 2018 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University at Albany
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.02 / 4.00 |
Indu
Lnu Energy Officer Facilities Management |
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
740,456
MMBtu
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:
212
MMBtu
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
62,197 kwh of solar energy is generated on-site on two different sites: one on the roof of the Social Science building and another on the roof of the Campus Center. We do not claim the environmental attributes.
Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0
MMBtu
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
none
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
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
none
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:
3,134
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
918,500 kWh of national wind RECs were purchased during the performance year in association with two new building projects: Building 25 (home for the Department of Economics and Africana Studies) and the Campus Center expansion project.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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 | 0 |
Coal | 1 |
Geothermal | 0 |
Hydro | 42 |
Natural gas | 7 |
Nuclear | 41 |
Solar photovoltaic | 2 |
Wind | 6 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 1 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
1% is oil
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
Biomass | 0 |
Coal | 0 |
Electricity | 0 |
Fuel oil | 1 |
Geothermal | 0 |
Natural gas | 99 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 1 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Diesel is used to test the generators in the life science building, science library and data center and if needed for emergency purposes. This accounts for less than 1% of our heating needs.
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.45
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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