Wentworth Institute of Technology
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
Reporter |
Debra
Shepard Sustainability Consultant N/A |
Total energy consumption, performance year:
Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 4,676,940 Kilowatt-hours | 15,957.72 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Wentworth has a green power contract that includes the rights to Green-e certified RECs. Wentworth is also a participant in the EPA Green Power Partnership.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
Wentworth has a solar PV array on the new CEIS building which produces 22,000 kWh of electricity per year. The credits from this system are sold through the SMART program (thus they are NOT counted as institutionally-owned clean energy).
Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
| MMBtu | |
| Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 0 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:
While not fueled by biomass, Wentworth does operate two gas-fired combined heat and power systems on campus to improve overall energy efficiency by both producing electricity on-site and using the residual thermal energy to assist with steam heating of buildings.
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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:
Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
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 | 7.70 |
| Coal | 1 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 6.70 |
| Natural gas | 48.90 |
| Nuclear | 29.80 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 1.10 |
| Wind | 3.40 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 1.50 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
1.2% Oil; 0.2% other fossil, 0.1% other unknown
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 | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 100 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Natural gas is used either directly in stand-alone buildings, or to generate steam for the campus district heating system and combined heat & power (CHP) plant which serve the main block of academic buildings. The 610 Huntington residence hall also has a CHP system.
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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