Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.77
Liaison Breeana Sylvas
Submission Date April 15, 2013
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STARS v1.2

University of California, Merced
SD-10: Energy Use by Type

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

The percentage of total electricity use from coal.:
4.90

The percentage of total electricity use from wind.:
15.50

The percentage of total electricity use from biomass.:
1.70

The percentage of total electricity use from natural gas.:
29.50

The percentage of total electricity use from solar PV.:
15

The percentage of total electricity use from geothermal.:
5.10

The percentage of total electricity use from nuclear.:
9.90

The percentage of total electricity use from hydro.:
10.10

The percentage of total electricity use from other.:
8.40

Provide a brief description.:
15% of electricity on campus is provided by an on-site solar photovoltaic array. 85% is provided by a third party provider Noble Americas. 2010 Power content lable is the most recent available and available at http://www.energy.ca.gov/sb1305/labels/2010_l

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from coal.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from biomass.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from electricity.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from natural gas.:
100

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from geothermal.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from fuel oil.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from other.:
0

Provide a brief description.:
All heating is provided by natural gas boilers.

If cogeneration, please explain.:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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