Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.47
Liaison Pamela Mischen
Submission Date March 5, 2020

STARS v2.2

Binghamton University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.96 / 4.00 Sandy DeJohn
Utilities Manager / Sustainability Coordinator
Physical Facilities
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
690,320.08 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) 126,650 Kilowatt-hours 432.13 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
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A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
127 kW roof top PV panels and 5kW of thin-film PV embedded in building exterior structure.

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 162,010 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:
Biomass (untreated wood chips) burned at the Central Heating Plant for heating.

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 913,180 Kilowatt-hours 3,115.77 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
350 MWhs of Green-s certified RECs purchased from a wind farm in Texas. 563 MWhs of New York "Tier 1" RECs were purchased and retired under the Clean Energy Standard requirements.

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
165,557.90 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
23.98

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 2
Coal 0.50
Geothermal 0
Hydro 21
Natural gas 41
Nuclear 32
Solar photovoltaic 0.50
Wind 3
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 58
Coal 0
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0.05
Natural gas 41.95
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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