Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.82
Liaison Holli Fajack
Submission Date Jan. 29, 2021

STARS v2.2

California State University, Long Beach
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.33 / 4.00 Shawn Cun
Energy & Utilities Manager
Beach Building Services (BBS)
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
300,806.62 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) 7,288,910 Kilowatt-hours 24,869.76 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:
The campus has four solar energy systems installed on campus. The largest is the 4.75-megawatt system installed on carport canopies across several campus parking lots. This system generates 96% of the solar energy created and consumed on campus. Three smaller systems installed on the roofs of two campus buildings and a carport in our facilities management yard make up the remaining 4% of the campus' solar energy generating capacity.

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:
N/A

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

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:
N/A

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
24,869.76 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
8.27

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 3
Geothermal 5
Hydro 13
Natural gas 35
Nuclear 9
Solar photovoltaic 11
Wind 11
Other (please specify and explain below) 11

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
According to Southern California Edison(SCE) Power Content Label, other sources of electricity are defined as electricity not traceable to specific generation sources.

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0.24
Coal 0.36
Electricity 4.20
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0.60
Natural gas 88
Other (please specify and explain below) 6.60

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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