| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.05 |
| Liaison | Lisa Kilgore |
| Submission Date | March 22, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Cornell University
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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N/A |
Endowment size:
Total campus area:
IECC climate region:
Locale:
Gross floor area of building space:
Conditioned floor area:
Floor area of laboratory space:
Floor area of healthcare space:
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
Floor area of residential space:
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 1 |
| Coal | 4 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | 19 |
| Natural gas | 39 |
| Nuclear | 33 |
| Solar photovoltaic | --- |
| Wind | 3 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 1 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Other: Includes fuel oil, PV
Notes: the %'s above are NY State Grid values
Cornell operates an on site co-generation plant, which is 99% natural gas
Cornell operates an on-site small scale hydro-plant, which provides approximately 2% of campus electric usage.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | 0.01 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 99.90 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
All of the numbers with the exception of building space is reported with net area vs. gross area.
All of the numbers with the exception of building space is reported with net area vs. gross area.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.