Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.16
Liaison Ryan Chabot
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Central Florida
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.03 / 4.00 Yara Watson Colon
Sustainability Specialist II
Sustainability Initiatives
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
773,713.59 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 100,875 Kilowatt-hours 344.19 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Not applicable.

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
UCF owns many on-site solar photovoltaic systems producing 100,875 kWh in Fiscal Year 18-19'.

Clean and renewable thermal energy

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 0 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
Not applicable.

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
Not applicable.

Unbundled renewable energy products

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 1,498,000 Kilowatt-hours 5,111.18 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
On April 18, 2019, UCF purchased 208 MWH of unbundled RECS for the Facilities and Safety Warehouse project. On June 20, 2019, UCF purchased 1,290 MWH of unbundled RECs for the Poll Tropical project. In total, the university purchased 1,498 MWH during the fiscal 2019 reporting period.

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
5,455.36 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.71

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
http://www.energy.ucf.edu/energy-data

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
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A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
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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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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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