Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.93
Liaison Veronica Johnson
Submission Date May 10, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Southwestern University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.95 / 4.00 Mike Miller
Associate Vice President
Facilities Management
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
127,696.71 MMBtu
+ Date Revised: July 2, 2019

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:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
We also have some solar panels to power our LED Theater. 1 KWH

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:
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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:
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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:
62,117.73 MMBtu
+ Date Revised: July 2, 2019

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Southwestern University owns RECs that supply the campus with 100% wind energy for use. The institution was also responsible for bringing wind energy to use for the City of Georgetown. Since April 2017, Georgetown has been 100 percent renewable based on the state’s system of accounting for renewable power based on renewable energy credits. The wind energy is supplied by Spinning Spur 3, a wind farm near Amarillo owned by EDF Renewable Energy, and the Southwest Mesa and South Trent wind farms in West Texas owned by AEP.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Geothermal ---
Hydro ---
Natural gas ---
Nuclear ---
Solar photovoltaic 0.01
Wind 99.99
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

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 ---
Coal ---
Electricity 17
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 83
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:
48.64

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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