Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 65.48 |
Liaison | Amy Brunvand |
Submission Date | Oct. 21, 2020 |
University of Utah
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.42 / 4.00 |
William
Leach Sustainability Project Coordinator Facilities Management |
Total energy consumption, performance year:
Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh | MMBtu | |
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 77,519,984 Kilowatt-hours | 264,498.19 MMBtu |
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 1,060,525 Kilowatt-hours | 3,618.51 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
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:
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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:
Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
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 | 0 |
Coal | 65.80 |
Geothermal | 1.10 |
Hydro | 2.40 |
Natural gas | 22.20 |
Nuclear | 0 |
Solar photovoltaic | 5.60 |
Wind | 2 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.90 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
Biomass | --- |
Coal | --- |
Electricity | 2.30 |
Fuel oil | --- |
Geothermal | --- |
Natural gas | 97.70 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
REPORTING PERIOD
The applicable period of renewables reporting is from April 2019 to March 2020. Because geothermal energy began delivery in Nov 2019, this still only represents a portion of the renewables that the University of Utah will be receiving annually during the 25 year PPA.
SOURCES
U.S. EPA eGRID 2018 for the State of Utah.
Facilities Sustainability & Energy track renewable energy production and heating technologies by building.
Rocky Mountain Power Blue Sky Program Website (2020)
https://www.rockymountainpower.net/savings-energy-choices/blue-sky-renewable-energy.html
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.