Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.34
Liaison Jennifer Kleindienst
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2019

STARS v2.2

Wesleyan University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.15 / 4.00 Jeff Murphy
Facilities Business Manager
Facilities/Physical Plant
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
395,887.04 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) 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.

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

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
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

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
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

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
15,162.03 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
3.83

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
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A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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