Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.57
Liaison Derek Nichols
Submission Date Sept. 16, 2015
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STARS v2.0

University at Buffalo
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.71 / 4.00 Don Erb
Director, Residential Facilities
Campus Living
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
1,450,208 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 3,146 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 6.82 MMBtu
Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) 254,433 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :

750,000KWH ground mounted PV Array and a 75KWH roof mounted PV array.


A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:

Steel Winds Site - Lackawanna, NY - lakeside property that is currently an unremediated brownfield site.


A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:

Approximately 35% of the University's purchased electrical needs are accommodated through RECs largely associated with solar energy production.


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