Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 62.26
Liaison Sean MacInnes
Submission Date Feb. 14, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Sean MacInnes
Sustainability Specialist
Office of Sustainability
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
669,781.44 MMBtu

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) 19,031 Kilowatt-hours 64.93 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:

N/A


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

In July 2013, the University installed the first on-site solar PV modules; the system has a 3.1 kW capacity mounted on the sports turf maintenance shop on the north-west side of the campus. In the spring of 2021, a new 32kWp PV system was installed on the roof of the new Nursing & Instructional Building. The turf shop system generated 3,571 kWh and the NIB generated 15,460 kWh.


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:

N/A


A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:

N/A


Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
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:

N/A


Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
64.93 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.01

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal 14.22
Geothermal ---
Hydro 2.34
Natural gas 26.60
Nuclear 51.40
Solar photovoltaic 2.88
Wind ---
Other (please specify and explain below) 2.52

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

Duke Energy's purchased non-carbon free energy.


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:
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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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