Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.82
Liaison Pamela Mischen
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Binghamton University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.28 / 4.00 Sandy DeJohn
Utilities Manager / Sustainability Coordinator
Physical Facilities
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
785,552 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:
2,856 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
127 kW roof top PV panels and 5kW of thin-film PV embedded in building exterior structure.

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
240,246 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Biomass (untreated wood chips) burned at the Central Heating Plant for heating.

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:
None at this time

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:
7,401 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
1400 MWhs of Green-s certified RECs purchased from a wind farm in Texas. 769 New York "Tier 1" RECs were purchased under the Clean Energy Standard requirements.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.binghamton.edu/sustainability/campus-initiatives/solar.html

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 0
Coal 1.30
Geothermal 0
Hydro 16.50
Natural gas 35.20
Nuclear 27.60
Solar photovoltaic 1.90
Wind 2.50
Other (please specify and explain below) 13.80

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
15.7% of electricity used in New York State was imported from other control regions (PJM, ISO NE, MAAC, Hydro Quebec).

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 44
Coal 0
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0.05
Natural gas 55.95
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:
31.89

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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