Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.80
Liaison Aldo Pierini
Submission Date March 27, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Villanova University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
530,097 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:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Villanova has a 4kW PV system located on the CEER building. The system contains 3 parallel strings of 8 series Suntech 170 W modules. The inverter is Fronius IG 4500-LV. The RECs belong to Sustainable Energy Fund as a partial founder of the project.

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:
Villanova does have geothermal HVAC installed on campus. The energy output is unknown.

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:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 44.50
Geothermal 0
Hydro 1.90
Natural gas 16.20
Nuclear 34.50
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 1.70
Other (please specify and explain below) 1.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Other includes landfill gas, waste and oil. Numbers were obtained from the Quarterly State of the Market Report for PJM http://www.monitoringanalytics.com/reports/PJM_State_of_the_Market/2013/2013q3-som-pjm-sec3.pdf

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil 5
Geothermal 0.10
Natural gas 94.90
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Villanova has a steam plant on campus that provides heat to the entire campus. The plant runs on natural gas, except in extreme weather conditions when we are asked to use #6 Fuel.

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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