| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 80.84 |
| Liaison | Teddy Lhoutellier |
| Submission Date | April 26, 2024 |
University of Miami
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.96 / 4.00 |
Teddy
Lhoutellier Sustainability Manager Environmental Health and Safety |
Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
Clean and renewable energy sources
Clean and renewable electricity
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 165,520,000 Kilowatt-hours | 564,754.24 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 134,815 Kilowatt-hours | 459.99 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
In 2019, the University of Miami signed an agreement with Florida Power and Light to adopt the Solar Together program. This community solar agreement allows the University to procure 100% of its 2019 electricity consumption through off-site solar energy. The Renewable Energy Credits associated with it are offsetting operation scope 2 emissions—getting us much closer to carbon neutrality. These yearly RECs started to be retired in 2022. All RECs are certified by the North American Registry.
Currently, FPL has 8,000 acres of solar panels in 28 solar energy centers across the state, and it is in the process of building 14 more centers to support the SolarTogether program.
In FY23, after subtracting the RECs allocated to UHealth, 165,384,000 kWh of RECs were used for the campus boundary outlined in PRE-3.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
Rooftop PV systems are installed on:
- Fieldhouse
- Hurricanes Food Court
- Frost School of Music North Studio
- Frost School of Music South Studio
Clean and renewable thermal energy
| 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:
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
Unbundled renewable energy products
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Metrics used in scoring
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Optional Fields
Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 5.34 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 0 |
| Natural gas | 70.04 |
| Nuclear | 17.13 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.06 |
| Wind | 0 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 7.43 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Oil and Purchased power. Source: https://www.fpl.com/clean-energy/plant-projects.html
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:
Not Applicable
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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