Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 60.60 |
Liaison | Jay Price |
Submission Date | March 2, 2018 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.70 / 4.00 |
Preston
Jacobsen Sustainability Manager Facilities Services |
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
2,564,053.70
MMBtu
Option 1
239
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
UT has three solar panel systems on campus. They are located behind Temple Hall, on the Ag Campus south of the Central greenhouse, and atop the 11th Street Parking Garage.
Option 2
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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Option 3
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4
1,731,102.80
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
The RECs purchased are Green-e Energy Certified with a product content of 99.1% wind, 9% solar sourced from Illinois and Tennessee. A portion of RECs were bought as part of TVA's Green Power Switch® Southeastern RECs pilot, however the majority were bought from Renewable Choice Energy.
Optional Fields
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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 | --- |
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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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
67.52
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://facserv.utk.edu/sustainability/power-challenge/ http://facserv.utk.edu/sustainability/power-challenge/rules-and-guidelines/ http://facserv.utk.edu/sustainability/power-challenge/point-submission/ http://cce.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2016/07/EPR-2016-Final.pdf
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