Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.39
Liaison Michelle Patterson
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Washington University in St. Louis
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.01 / 4.00 Phil Valko
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
1,834,057.23 MMBtu

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
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) 1,454,544 Kilowatt-hours 4,962.90 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
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A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
Washington University had a total on-site solar photovoltaic generating capacity of 2.7 megawatts across dozens of buildings. The data reported here represents a subset of the total -- 1.26 megawatts -- because the remaining 1.45 megawatts of solar capacity is located outside the GHG boundary we closely monitor and report on and some of the solar capacity came on-line in Fall 2021 after the performance year ended.

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 0.05 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:
Hillman Hall and Brauer Hall both have small rooftop solar thermal collectors for domestic hot water heating. Hillman Hall has four collectors and Brauer Hall has two collectors.

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
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Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
4,962.95 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.27

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 69
Geothermal 0
Hydro 1
Natural gas 1
Nuclear 25
Solar photovoltaic 0.50
Wind 3.50
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

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 ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil 0.40
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 99.60
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Missouri is a regulated utility state that does not allow power purchase agreements. The current regulatory environment precludes Washington University from directly purchasing off-site wind or solar energy. In the interim, we are exploring Virtual Power Purchase Agreement options.

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