Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.30
Liaison Dave Barbier
Submission Date May 14, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.01 / 4.00 Shelly Janowski
Sustainability Coordinator
Facility Services
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
364,859 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 :
On its south side, the Noel Fine Arts Center has its own 18-window photovoltaic panel. The panel captures light energy from the sun and uses it to light parts of the Fine Arts Center inner courtyard area. Each of the 18 windows produces about 900 - 1,200 watts of electricity on a sunny day.

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:
Five of our residentail living halls, Burroughs Knutzen, Neale, Suites@201 and Pray-Sims, are equipped with solar panels that serve to heat all of the water in the buildings.

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:
n/a

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:
183,665 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Renewable Choice RECs are 100% wind power. 3-year contract The State of WI purchases renewable energy as part of Act 141. Green kwh is allocated to UW-Stevens Point based on consumption.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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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
Coal ---
Geothermal ---
Hydro ---
Natural gas ---
Nuclear 0
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 0
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:
Other is LP gas

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
50.34

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Didn't report solar energy MMBtu because we don't have recorders on all the panels.

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