Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 77.43 |
Liaison | Elida Erickson |
Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2022 |
University of California, Santa Cruz
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.46 / 4.00 |
Ellen
Vaughan Water & Climate Action Manager Sustainability Office |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
605,715.46
MMBtu
Clean and renewable energy sources
Clean and renewable electricity
kWh | MMBtu | |
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 20,305,000 Kilowatt-hours | 69,280.66 MMBtu |
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 252,647 Kilowatt-hours | 862.03 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
The University of California Office of the President formed the UCOP Energy Services Unit (ESU). The ESU is a CalISO registered Energy Service Provider. The campus is on direct access and purchases generation from the UCOP ESU. The ESU commissioned the Five Points Solar Park, LLC a 70MW solar plant that the UC system retains the REC's to. The reported REC's are UCSC's share of that system and the ESU's portfolio of renewable energy across the state.
https://www.ucop.edu/energy-services/programs-initiatives/energy-procurement.html
https://www.ucop.edu/energy-services/programs-initiatives/energy-procurement.html
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
A 250KW system was installed on the McHenry Library roof in Dec. 2013.
https://physicalplant.ucsc.edu/energy-work-management/energy-management/renewable-energy/mchenry-pv-array.html
https://physicalplant.ucsc.edu/energy-work-management/energy-management/renewable-energy/mchenry-pv-array.html
Clean and renewable thermal energy
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
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:
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Metrics used in scoring
70,142.69
MMBtu
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
11.58
Optional Fields
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 | 3 |
Coal | 0 |
Geothermal | 2 |
Hydro | 29 |
Natural gas | --- |
Nuclear | 44 |
Solar photovoltaic | 12 |
Wind | 9 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
PG&E's 2019 Power Mix
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:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
MMBtu's for performance year are from purchased natural gas and electricity.
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.