| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.13 |
| Liaison | John Alejandro |
| Submission Date | March 24, 2021 |
University of San Diego
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.19 / 4.00 |
Trey
McDonald Director of Sustainability and Energy Manager Sustainability |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
147,679.82
MMBtu
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) | 537,476 Kilowatt-hours | 1,833.87 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 1,547,883 Kilowatt-hours | 5,281.38 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
USD is a participant in the San Diego Gas & Electric (the local utility) EcoChoice program. EcoChoice is a pricing program allowing customers to allocate up to 100% of electricity purchases to be allocated to cleaner, renewable sources. USD is enrolled in the 100% pricing program for its smaller residential and office accounts. EcoChoice is Green-e Energy certified and meets the environmental and consumer-protection standards set forth by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions (www.green-e.org). Please go to https://www.sdge.com/residential/savings-center/solar-power-renewable-energy/ecochoice for more information.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
Managed by GCL SOLAR, USD is home to a 1.23 megawatt solar PV system atop 11 buildings across campus. Electricity generation data from this installation is available in real time.
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:
N/A
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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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:
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Metrics used in scoring
7,115.24
MMBtu
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
4.82
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 | 1 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 0 |
| Natural gas | 32 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 19 |
| Wind | 13 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 36 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
USD is a direct-access customer, and purchases its electricity as a commodity via Calpine Energy Solutions. The percentage presented here is based on the Calpine 2018 Power Content Label, and electricity from onsite generation from the university's solar arrays and fuel cell in FY2018-19.
NOTE: In this case, "OTHER" refers to any purchase not traceable to specific generation sources by any auditable contract trail or equivalent, such as a tradeable commodity system (e.g., power purchased from the wholesale market such that the generating facility cannot be identified), or to "null" power purchases that expressly transferred energy only and not the RECs associated from an RPS-eligible facility.
NOTE: In this case, "OTHER" refers to any purchase not traceable to specific generation sources by any auditable contract trail or equivalent, such as a tradeable commodity system (e.g., power purchased from the wholesale market such that the generating facility cannot be identified), or to "null" power purchases that expressly transferred energy only and not the RECs associated from an RPS-eligible facility.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | 5 |
| Fuel oil | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 95 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Estimate of electric heating based on conversations with Building Maintenance staff on the number of buildings with electric heaters. SAPs and PTAs are heated with electricity.
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.sandiego.edu/sustainability/initiatives/energy/
https://www.sandiego.edu/sustainability/initiatives/energy/projects-and-programs.php
https://www.sandiego.edu/sustainability/initiatives/energy/projects-and-programs.php
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