Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	67.28
Liaison	Geory Kurtzhals
Submission Date	Jan. 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Notre Dame
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.31 / 4.00	Geory Kurtzhals Sr. Director Office of Sustainability

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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:

2,597,373.84 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)	3,137,131.35 Kilowatt-hours	10,703.89 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired)	0 Kilowatt-hours	0 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:

4% Wind
1% Hydro

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:

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	192,637 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:

Three geothermal well fields located under the East Quad, Ricci Fields, and the parking lot south of Notre Dame Stadium provide water heating for the Walsh Family Hall of Architecture, Ricci Band Rehearsal Hall, Pasquerilla Center, and Dunne, Flaherty, and McCourtney residence halls. The new geothermal systems at the East Plant and south of Notre Dame Stadium also provide chilled water that is piped to the campus-wide chilled water distribution system to be used where it is needed on campus.

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:

N/A

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:

203,340.89 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:

7.83

Optional Fields

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

https://green.nd.edu/get-involved/energy-emissions/

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):

	Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass	---
Coal	---
Geothermal	---
Hydro	---
Natural gas	---
Nuclear	---
Solar photovoltaic	---
Wind	---
Other (please specify and explain below)	---

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:

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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	---
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:

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