Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 61.34 |
Liaison | Jennifer Kleindienst |
Submission Date | Dec. 20, 2019 |
Wesleyan University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.15 / 4.00 |
Jeff
Murphy Facilities Business Manager Facilities/Physical Plant |
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
395,887.04
MMBtu
Clean and renewable energy sources
Clean and renewable electricity
kWh | MMBtu | |
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 1,416,745 Kilowatt-hours | 4,833.93 MMBtu |
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 14,296 Kilowatt-hours | 48.78 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Wesleyan has four PV installations on site (3 kW, 7.2 kW, 200 kW, and 750 kW).
RECs for the two largest installations are sold. On-site production from solar panels on Fountain Ave (3 kW). and Admission (7.2 kW) are retained/retired but not tracked.
RECs for the two largest installations are sold. On-site production from solar panels on Fountain Ave (3 kW). and Admission (7.2 kW) are retained/retired but not tracked.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
All four on-site facilities are solar PV facilities.
Clean and renewable thermal energy
MMBtu | |
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 0 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:
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A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
Wesleyan has been using B20 blends for all heating oil since Fall 2013.
Unbundled renewable energy products
kWh | MMBtu | |
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 3,012,697 Kilowatt-hours | 10,279.32 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
3,012,697 kWh from Vine St. substation are sourced from 100% renewable Green-e certified sources
Metrics used in scoring
15,162.03
MMBtu
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
3.83
Optional Fields
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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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