| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.94 |
| Liaison | John Alejandro |
| Submission Date | Oct. 13, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of San Diego
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.17 / 4.00 |
Michael
Catanzaro Director Office of Sustainability |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
150,653
MMBtu
Option 1
6,503
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Managed by AMSOLAR, USD is home to one of the largest rooftop solar installations on a college campus in the nation with a 1.23 megawatt system atop 11 buildings across campus. Electricity generation data from this installation is available in real time.
Option 2
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
N/A
Option 3
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
N/A
Option 4
0
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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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 | 6.50 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 0 |
| Natural gas | 0 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 8 |
| Wind | 16.70 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 68.80 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
The percentage is based on an average of Noble Americas calendar year 2014 and 2015 power mix, electricity purchased from Noble Americas in fiscal-year 2015, and electricity from onsite solar generation in fiscal-year 2015.
NOTE: In this case, "OTHER" refers to any purchase not traceable to specific generation sources by any auditable contract trail or equivalent, such as a tradeable commodity system (e.g., power purchased from the wholesale market such that the generating facility cannot be identified), or to "null" power purchases that expressly transferred energy only and not the RECs associated from an RPS-eligible facility.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | 5 |
| Fuel oil | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 95 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Estimate of electric heating based on conversations with Building Maintenance staff on the number of buildings with electric heaters. SAPs and PTAs are heated with electricity.
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
4.32
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Also See
http://www.sandiego.edu/insideusd/?p=6973
http://www.sandiego.edu/sustainability/initiatives/energy.php
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