| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.90 |
| Liaison | Paul Mathisen |
| Submission Date | April 16, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Endowment size:
433,000,000
US/Canadian $
None
Total campus area:
93
Acres
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IECC climate region:
Cold
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Locale:
Mid-size city
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Gross floor area of building space:
2,394,471
Gross square feet
None
Conditioned floor area:
2,021,171
Square feet
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Floor area of laboratory space:
117,366
Square feet
None
Floor area of healthcare space:
3,630
Square feet
None
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
0
Square feet
None
Floor area of residential space:
779,881
Square feet
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 1.84 |
| Coal | 2 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 9.28 |
| Natural gas | 40.92 |
| Nuclear | 29.92 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.89 |
| Wind | 1.70 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 11.29 |
None
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
According to the Direct Energy Power Disclosure Label, electricity was also generated in the following ways: Diesel (1.04%), Digester gas (0.03%), Efficient Resource (Maine) (0.53%), Fuel Cell (0.18%), Landfill Gas (0.61%), Municipal Solid Waste (1.28%), Oil (6.06%), Wood (1.56%)
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 3 |
| Fuel oil | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 97 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
None
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
The Power Plant and Prescott Street Garage are both heated with oil. This makes up less than 0.05% of total heating.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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