Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 31.22
Liaison Morgan Hartman
Submission Date Jan. 23, 2014
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.77 / 4.00 Kirk Conger
Energy Engineer
Utility & Energy Management
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
1,115,669 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 0 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 0 MMBtu
Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) 492,791 MMBtu

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

36KW solar power installation on UNL's Animal Science building.


A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

UNL uses earth-coupled heat pumps on a variety of campus buildings including research labs and residence halls.


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:

492,408 MMBtu hydro electricity purchased from Western Area Power Administration
383 MMBtu wind-generated electricity (included in Lincoln Electric System mix)


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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