Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.33
Liaison Nina Hartwig
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2013
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.07 / 7.00 Kate Nelson
Chief Sustainability Officer
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 :
401.70 MMBtu

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Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated:
0 MMBtu

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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 :
0 MMBtu

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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:
32,287 MMBtu

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

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Total energy consumed during the performance year :
847,126 MMBtu

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A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
3 Solar PV systems are located on campus at Bolton Hall, Cambridge Commons, and the Golda Meir Library

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A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year, including contract timeframes:
Wisconsin Act 141 directs the Department of Administration (DOA) to set goals for the use of renewable energy by the six state agencies that consume the great majority of electricity purchased by the state. One of these agencies is the University of Wisconsin System. REC's are broken out from there to individual campuses based on percentage of energy used in the UW System. The data available is from FY 2012.

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A brief description of cogeneration technologies deployed:
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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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