Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.04
Liaison Jennifer Kleindienst
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Wesleyan University
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 7.00 Peter Staye
Director, Utilities Management
Physical Plant
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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 :
27.30 MMBtu

Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated:
0 MMBtu

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 :
0 MMBtu

Option 4: Total RECs and other similar renewable energy products that the institution purchased during the performance year that are Green-e certified or meet the Green-e standard's technical requirements and are third party verified:
699.46 MMBtu

Option 5: Total electricity generated with cogeneration technology using non-renewable fuel sources :
0 MMBtu

Total energy consumed during the performance year :
312,550.83 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
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A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year, including contract timeframes:

205 MWh of Green-e certified RECs were purchased for 41 Wyllys Avenue, a LEED Platinum recently renovated campus building.


A brief description of cogeneration technologies deployed:
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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Wesleyan operates a 2.398 MW Natural Gas Reciprocating Engine that generated 45,901.29 MMBtu in FY 2012. Wesleyan sold RECs for all energy generated by the cogeneration plant.

Wesleyan's 3 PV installations (3 kW, 7.2 kW, and 200 kW) collectively generated 156,522 kWh (534 MMBtu) of energy in FY 2012; all but 27 MMBtu was sold as RECs.


Wesleyan operates a 2.398 MW Natural Gas Reciprocating Engine that generated 45,901.29 MMBtu in FY 2012. Wesleyan sold RECs for all energy generated by the cogeneration plant.

Wesleyan's 3 PV installations (3 kW, 7.2 kW, and 200 kW) collectively generated 156,522 kWh (534 MMBtu) of energy in FY 2012; all but 27 MMBtu was sold as RECs.

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