| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 81.67 |
| Liaison | Mark Lichtenstein |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.33 / 4.00 |
Mark
Lichtenstein Executive Director of Sustainability Energy and Sustainability |
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
129,411
MMBtu
Option 1
222.79
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
5,434
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
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4
5,058.36
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
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 | 1.90 |
| Coal | 5 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | 27.40 |
| Natural gas | 23.40 |
| Nuclear | 27.60 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.80 |
| Wind | 13.20 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
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 | 6.90 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 92.10 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Update February 2017
- Purchased Steam, from natural gas, accounts for 68.9% (at the source)
- Nat gas on site (CHP): ~23.4%
- 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:
8.28
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Updated Feb 2017.
Percent Electricity.
1- eGRID https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-02/documents/egrid2014_summarytables_v2.pdf
2- and 100% electricity in res hall from wind
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