Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.35
Liaison Alan Burr
Submission Date March 2, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Wisconsin-Platteville
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.05 / 4.00 Amy Seeboth-Wilson
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
255,089.60 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:
26.32 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
We have a small wind tower and several solar panels on campus. We measure their production using our Lucid Dashboard.

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:
67,030.02 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
The State of Wisconsin purchases all electricity consumed in state-owned facilities. In 2005, Act 141 passed and required 10% of all electricity to come from renewable sources by the end of 2007, and 20% of all electricity to come from renewable sources by the end of 2011, if economically feasible. During the 2017 Fiscal Year, the state purchased 977,321,952 kwh of renewable energy RECS. The UW-System allocates this energy purchase to each campus based on local electrical energy use. UW-Platteville's FY17 allocation was 2.01% of this state total, or 19,659,718 kwh (67030.02 mmbtu).

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2005/related/acts/141.pdf

Additional documentation to support the submission:
FY2017 Agencies Renewables Analysis.pdf

 

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 39
Geothermal 0
Hydro 3
Natural gas 19
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 6
Other (please specify and explain below) 33

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Other is a combination of purchased energy (4,495,813 net MWh) and an undefined a mix of wind, solar power and landfill gas (15,746 Net MWh). https://www.alliantenergy.com/-/media/DC4B031E7CD44B5EB7F349E0A48559A0.ashx

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 35
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 65
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

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:
26.29

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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