Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.58
Liaison Brad Spanbauer
Submission Date Sept. 12, 2016
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.22 / 4.00 Brian Kermath
Sustainability Director
Sustainability Office
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
370,974.54 MMBtu

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Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
Performance Year
Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes 297.66 MMBtu
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site 3,000 MMBtu
Option 3: 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
Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) 17,002.27 MMBtu

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A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Tennis Courts: One pole mounted 2.9 KW photovoltaic tracking array, estimated 4,719 kWh/year Sage Hall: 188 photovoltaic rooftop panels, 39.7 kW, estimated 46,000 kWh/year Three pole-mounted photovoltaic tracking array, 2.5 kW each, estimated 12,167 kWh/year Student Success Center: 84 photovoltaic rooftop panels, 19.7 kW, estimated 23,973 kWh/year On campus biodigestor (BD1): 370 kW

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A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
180 solar thermal panels on 5 buildings. One building with a 56-well geothermal (ground-source heating/cooling) system, and another with a 58-well geothermal system.

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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:
Purchased 8% of electricity from the Wisconsin Public Service NatureWise program (primarily wind power). State purchased an additional 10% for the campus from wind power projects in the state.

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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
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