Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.91
Liaison Andy Mitchell
Submission Date July 17, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Illinois Chicago
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.02 / 4.00 Cynthia Klein-Banai
Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
3,779,731.43 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:
410.43 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
UIC has installed 244 (52 kW capacity) solar panels on campus, most notably the ones on top of UIC's first LEED Gold certified building, Lincoln Hall. We also have 245 panel (55 kW capacity) on Douglas Hall.

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
4,444 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
A geothermal well system is used for heating and cooling two "green" buildings currently. This will expand to three in Fall 2011, two of which will be LEED certified. A geothermal heat pump is a central heating and cooling system that uses the earth as a heat source. This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems.

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:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
The RECs that are certified under the Green-e National Energy Standard were purchased for the period of July 1-September 30, 2015.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://sustainability.uic.edu/green-campus/energy/

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 0.47
Coal 39.07
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0.71
Natural gas 34.62
Nuclear 21.65
Solar photovoltaic 0.12
Wind 2.51
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.86

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Other is the sum of oil and other fossil fuel, from the eGRID summary table for the RFCW subregion.

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal 0.20
Natural gas 99.80
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:
0.39

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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