| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 71.75 |
| Liaison | Cindy Shea |
| Submission Date | July 24, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.03 / 4.00 |
Phil
Barner Director Energy Services |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
3,539,388
MMBtu
Option 1
25,350
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Photovoltaic Panels at the NC Botanical Garden-
84 photovoltaic panels generate nearly 8% of the building’s electricity from sunlight. PV panels on the Bell Tower Parking Deck generate enough electricity to illuminate the stairwells.
A 1,000 kilowatt generator at Carolina North converts gas from the Orange County landfill into electricity for the grid. The University sells the electricity to Duke Energy and plans to ultimately use the waste heat for buildings at Carolina North. Also, in 2015, additional photovoltaic panels (20 kW) were installed on the Graham Memorial Student Union.
Option 2
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Solar Thermal Panels at Morrison Residence Hall- 172 panels mounted on the roof of all four building wings provide heat to the domestic hot water and building heating system. The residence hall’s plumbing system draws first on solar-heated water from a 6,000 gallon storage tank and adds steam-heated water when needed.
Geothermal wells at NC Botanical Garden- geothermal wells provide efficient heating and cooling. Twenty-six wells are 500 feet deep, four wells are 400 feet deep, and four wells are 100 feet deep. More than five miles of loop “plumbing” brings the earth’s 55 degrees Fahrenheit temperature to the surface.
Option 3
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4
0
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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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 | 32 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 1 |
| Natural gas | 21 |
| Nuclear | 43 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 3 |
| Wind | 0 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Natural gas and oil is combined.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 90 |
| Electricity | 0 |
| Fuel oil | 1 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 9 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Steam produced by the cogeneration system is distributed through a district energy system to heat campus buildings.
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.72
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
performance year is FY 2015-16
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