Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.66
Liaison Marianella Franklin
Submission Date Sept. 20, 2017
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STARS v2.1

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.02 / 4.00 David Ortega
Asst Dir Cooling Plant
Facilities Management
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
399,324 MMBtu

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:
2,305.88 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
On-site renewable electricity is generated from solar panels and fed into the campus grid. Solar panels are placed at different locations on campus, such as on the roof of the engineering building, and ITT parking lot. Dr. Jaime Ramos monitors the energy generated by the solar panels. The engineering department plans on bringing a new array of solar panels to campus in the near future, further allowing students and faculty to use their micro-grid research for practical uses and allowing consumers additional energy sources.

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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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, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4 

Total third-party certified RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a utility-provided certified green power option) purchased during the performance year:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal 25.80
Geothermal ---
Hydro 0.30
Natural gas 46.80
Nuclear 11.60
Solar photovoltaic 0.20
Wind 15.10
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity 75
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 25
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.58

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
UTRGV actions on renewable energy work toward the sustainable development goal of affordable and clean energy by ensuring access to sustainable and modern energy for all its campuses.

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