Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.14
Liaison Olivia Wiebe
Submission Date Dec. 28, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Idaho
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.06 / 4.00 Madison Dougherty
Sustainability Graduate Research Assistant
College of Natural Resources
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
533,412.35 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 3,602,180 Kilowatt-hours 12,290.64 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
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A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
-147 kW rooftop PV array installed in 2020 on IRIC building
-825 kW steam turbines using biomass fuel, installed in Energy Plant

Clean and renewable thermal energy

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 262,440 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:
Woody biomass fueled boiler used to generate steam to heat core campus. Wood chips are sourced locally (>50% within 15 miles). Natural gas only used for backup or peak loads.

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
The wood chips are sourced from local FSC certified land.

Unbundled renewable energy products

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
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

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
274,730.64 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
51.50

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 2
Coal 8
Geothermal 0
Hydro 48
Natural gas 33
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 9
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
mix is from Avista's website at https://www.myavista.com/about-us/about-our-energy-mix

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 75
Coal 0
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 25
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

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:
Marc Compton, Project Engineer, Moscow ID ECO District 1
Sources: Avista utility bills, FY23 steam, natural gas, and power generation data from Mckinstry

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