Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 61.63
Liaison Leslie North
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Western Kentucky University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Madeline Petty
Graduate Assistant
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
1,665,254.33 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

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) 0.00 Kilowatt-hours 0.00 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
N/A

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
A 5.5 KW photovotaic system was installed on the WKU Office of Sustainability in Fall 2014.
The solar panel generated 1.456 MWh of energy from July 2022 to March 2023. In April 2023, the solar panel was removed due to its lifespan being complete, and due to the need to replace the Office of Sustianability's roof. WKU plans to reinstall a new panel when the project is completed.

Clean and renewable thermal 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:
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A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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Unbundled renewable energy products

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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Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
0.00 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.00

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 15
Geothermal 0
Hydro 12
Natural gas 28
Nuclear 42
Solar photovoltaic 1.50
Wind 1.50
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Values come from TVA's power supply portfolio from FY2020.
Wind and solar combine to 3% of TVA's power portfolio.

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 100
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:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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