Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.56
Liaison Georgeann Moss
Submission Date Dec. 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

Dallas College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Garrett Rosser
Energy Manager
Facilities
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
348,342.49 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) 46,863 Kilowatt-hours 159.90 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:
Dallas College has diverse renewable energy technology to supplement some power needs and for demonstration of renewable energy used for education. Renewable Energy Technology includes:
- 122 Solar PV LED Sidewalk Light Poles at the Garland Center, Mountain View Campus, North Lake Campus, and Richland Campus
- 3 Solar PV Picnic Tables for Student Outdoor Seating at Brookhaven Campus
- 2 Ground-mounted Solar PV Arrays at Brookhaven Campus and Eastfield Campus

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:
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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 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Dallas College Board of Trustees recently approved the purchase of 100% renewable energy from Gexa Energy. The contract is for Green-e certified RECs and started in June 2021. https://www.dallascollege.edu/news/pages/newsitem.aspx?ArticleId=97
Note: AASHE staff recommended that we report this change next year.

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
159.90 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.05

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 0.11
Coal 20.50
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0.25
Natural gas 45.87
Nuclear 10.92
Solar photovoltaic 1.53
Wind 20.82
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.01

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Other includes a combination of petroleum coke, landfill biogas, distillate fuel oil, net DC-tie, and Block Load Transfer imports/exports and an adjustment for wholesale storage load.

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

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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