Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.03
Liaison Mark Lichtenstein
Submission Date June 7, 2016
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STARS v2.1

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.17 / 4.00 Gary Peden
Director Physical Plant & Facilities
Physical Plant
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
121,106 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:
333 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
ESF has five photovoltaic arrays (114 kw total) on its main campus and research/experiment properties.

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
ESF has biomass boilers at two of its satellite properties (Ranger School, Adirondacks; Heiberg, Tully).

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:
3,849 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
100% of electricity delivered to ESF's Residence Hall is PPA for electricity from a New York State wind farm.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.esf.edu/sustainability/action/default.htm

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 1.80
Coal 5.50
Geothermal ---
Hydro 29.20
Natural gas 31
Nuclear 28.80
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 3.60
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
1- Other sources = oil, less than 1 percent. 2- See NOTES below: "electricity use by source" is interpreted as meaning the grid mix, or "Generation Resource Mix" for electricity for our general region (eGRID, NYUP).

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil 8
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 9
Other (please specify and explain below) 83

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Purchased Steam is the "other" source, it is fueled by natural gas. - Numbers are based on "source" energy units. Site-source conversion factors provided by EPA's Energy STAR "Quick Converter" , available online.

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
4.26

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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