Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 41.92
Liaison Meghna Tare
Submission Date Jan. 27, 2011
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University of Texas at Arlington
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.38 / 7.00 Meghna Tare
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Option 1: Total 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:
0 MMBtu

Option 3: Total 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 :
37,125 MMBtu

Option 4: Total RECs and other similar renewable energy products that the institution purchased during the performance year that are Green-e certified or meet the Green-e standard's technical requirements and are third party verified:
11,941.31 MMBtu

Option 5: Total electricity generated with co-generation technology using non-renewable fuel sources :
0 MMBtu

Total energy consumed during the performance year :
736,157 MMBtu

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

None, although grant awarded and contract pending to install 385kW photovoltaic system, estimated to come online 8/1/11.


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

None.


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:

Standard ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) Mix is 6% renewables, mostly wind generation. In addition, 35% of electricity used in new 229ksf research building is under green power agreement as required for appropriate LEED credit.


A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year:

None.


A brief description of co-generation technologies deployed:

None.


The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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