Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.66
Liaison Enid Cardinal
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Rochester Institute of Technology
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.29 / 4.00 Enid Cardinal
Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President
Office of the President
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
588,373.65 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:
7,774.91 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
The University owns 4 roof top solar installations and a small ground mounted array at the Presidents house. Last year the University entered into a PPA for a 2MW array that was installed on the south side of campus.

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
---

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:
---

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:
34,663.95 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
The University's purchased electricity contract included a requirement that 15% of the electricity must be is 'Green-E' certified. This stipulation has been included in energy contracts since 2009 and will continue on future contracts.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.rit.edu/sustainability/energy-and-climate

Additional documentation to support the submission:
---

 

Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:

Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 1
Coal 3
Geothermal 0
Hydro 13
Natural gas 40
Nuclear 35
Solar photovoltaic 1
Wind 5
Other (please specify and explain below) 2

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
other: 1% generated from solid waste and 1% generated from Renewable Biogas. The electricity fuel mix above is for RIT's purchased electricity, based on the most recently available data (2015). This does not reflect the 15% green-e certified energy we purchase or the 3% of RIT's electricity generated from onsite solar installations.

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 100
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
---

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
7.21

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
---

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.