Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.36
Liaison Matthew Williams
Submission Date Dec. 4, 2020
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STARS v2.1

University of Florida
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Corey Farmer
Program Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
2,658,838.10 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:
1,239.20 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
UF has 9 PV arrays (Microbiology and Cell Science, Renewable Energy and Education Park, Rinker Hall, Solar Decathlon House, Clinical Translational Research Building, Diamond Village, Florida Museum of Natural History, Bruton Geer, and PPD Central Stores) with a total capacity of 352 kW.

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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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:
170.60 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Green-e Certified unbundled RECs

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://sustainable.ufl.edu/sustainability-at-uf/campus-initiatives/energy-climate-change/renewable-energy/

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 20.70
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0
Natural gas 76.20
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 2.90
Wind 0
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Oil

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:
We have electric, steam, and natural gas all serving buildings on campus, but the breakdown by end use is not delineated as we don't have metering at that level.

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.05

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Total energy consumption includes purchased electricity, generated electricity, steam, and natural gas.

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