| Overall Rating | Platinum - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 85.56 |
| Liaison | Tonie Miyamoto |
| Submission Date | Feb. 7, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Colorado State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.05 / 4.00 |
Carol
Dollard Energy Engineer Facilities Management |
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
1,564,455.30
MMBtu
Option 1
1,213
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
13 solar PV installations on main and foothills campus.
In addition, a meteorological tower was installed as the first phase to investigate the viability of installing wind turbines on a 3,000+ acre university owned site, 100 miles east of the main campus.
Option 2
4,422.40
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
A biomass boiler on CSU campus generates hot water and displaces natural gas use. This plant has a rating of 46 bhp.
Option 3
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4
14,822
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Green E Recs; contracts are ongoing
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 64.30 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 16.27 |
| Natural gas | 6.30 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
| Wind | 13.16 |
| 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 | 0.50 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 99.50 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
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:
1.31
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
On January 25, 2017 Dr. Tony Frank signed the Climate Reality Pledge. This will lead to CSU being powered by 100% renewable electricity by 2030. CSU was one of the first univiersities to take this pledge.
CSU is the site host for 5,300kW (8.5M kWh/yr) solar plant on the foothills campus - one of the largest in the country and one of the largest associated with a college/university campus. The RECs were sold to the local utility in order to finance the plant. CSU will be able to claim the REC's in 2030.
Percentage of Solar PV electric use included with wind. Utility just reports renewables - primarily wind.
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