Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.65
Liaison Justin Owen
Submission Date Feb. 19, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Weber State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.36 / 4.00 Jennifer Bodine
Sustainability Specialist
Facilities Management
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
234,839 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:
5,077 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
WSU has a nearly 2 Megawatt solar PV array on the Davis Campus. Smaller solar arrays are also located on the Davis 2, Shepherd Union, Facilities Management, and the Public Safety buildings. Solar thermal arrays are located on the Swenson Gym, and Wildcat Village dorms.

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:
15,871 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Weber State University purchases "Blue Sky" blocks from Rocky Mountain Power and is also purchasing solar from Rocky Mountain Power's "Subscriber Solar" program.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.weber.edu/sustainability

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 1
Coal 50
Geothermal 0
Hydro 4
Natural gas 12
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 4
Wind 21
Other (please specify and explain below) 8

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
The resource mix for Rocky Mountain Power is outlined in the following report: https://www.rockymountainpower.net/content/dam/rocky_mountain_power/doc/Efficiency_Environment/UT_ConservationReport.pdf "Other" has not been described or defined in this report.

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 1
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 99
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:
8.92

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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