Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.08
Liaison Andrew Horning
Submission Date June 25, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Michigan
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.02 / 4.00 Kenneth Keeler
Senior Sustainability Rep
Office of Campus Sustainability
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
7,014,121 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:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
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Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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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:
35,260 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
U-M purchases RECs through the DTE Green Currents program from energy created by two wind turbines in northern Michigan.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://sustainability.umich.edu/content/u-m-holds-line-energy-use-despite-significant-campus-growth-0

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 0.10
Coal 44
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0.20
Natural gas 31.90
Nuclear 17.80
Solar photovoltaic 0.04
Wind 4.50
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Oil and Waste incineration @ 24% of the electricity used by the university is produced on site at the natural gas powered co-gen plants. The remaining electricity is purchased.

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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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.50

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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