| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.76 |
| Liaison | Brad Spanbauer |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2022 |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.29 / 4.00 |
Brad
Spanbauer Campus Sustainability Officer Campus Sustainability Office |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
422,098.24
MMBtu
Clean and renewable energy sources
Clean and renewable electricity
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 2,567,293 Kilowatt-hours | 8,759.60 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Renewable electricity on-site is generated by the campus anaerobic digestion system, as well as some photovoltaic panels. An additional off-campus anaerobic digestion facility produces electricity that is retained (credited) to the University.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/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 biodigester: for 2020, 2,080,247 kWh.
Off-campus biodigester: for 2020, 471,513 kWh
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 biodigester: for 2020, 2,080,247 kWh.
Off-campus biodigester: for 2020, 471,513 kWh
Clean and renewable thermal energy
| MMBtu | |
| Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 12,209.21 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:
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.
Thermal energy produced at on-campus biodigester (BD1): total is 2,698,956 KWH/th.
One building with a 56-well geothermal (ground-source heating/cooling) system, and another with a 58-well geothermal system.
Thermal energy produced at on-campus biodigester (BD1): total is 2,698,956 KWH/th.
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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.
One building with a 56-well geothermal (ground-source heating/cooling) system, and another with a 58-well geothermal system.
Unbundled renewable energy products
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 2,778,197.60 Kilowatt-hours | 9,479.21 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Electricity is purchased through a State-wide program for all universities to acquire the same percentage of renewable energy through the Dept of Administration. For 2020 this was 9.8% of campuses total coming from renewable sources.
Metrics used in scoring
30,448.02
MMBtu
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
7.21
Optional Fields
Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 46.60 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 4.60 |
| Natural gas | 45.10 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.20 |
| Wind | 3.50 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
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 | 3.70 |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | 0.29 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 96 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.01 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Refuse derived fuel/per-consumer paper waste.
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
On campus biodigester (BD1): 370 kW. Total is 2,115, 570 KWH. Energy is retained in RECs.
Off-campus biodigester (BD3): BD3 total is 449,180 KWH. Energy is retained in RECs.
UW General & Shared: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10hC3vd5DNtySziuyJKN1_UL431J5vcPrekDsBOnS908/edit#heading=h.b6ox89uwdhx0
Off-campus biodigester (BD3): BD3 total is 449,180 KWH. Energy is retained in RECs.
UW General & Shared: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10hC3vd5DNtySziuyJKN1_UL431J5vcPrekDsBOnS908/edit#heading=h.b6ox89uwdhx0
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