| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.05 |
| Liaison | Lisa Kilgore |
| Submission Date | March 22, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Cornell University
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.65 / 4.00 |
Mark
Howe Program Manager Energy Managment |
Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
| Performance Year | |
| Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes | 14,087 MMBtu |
| Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site | 516,702 MMBtu |
| Option 3: 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 | 0 MMBtu |
| Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Cornell owns and operates two hydroelectric generators. The turbine manufacturer is Ossberger and the units are rated at 712 kw and 997 kw. In addition, there are two solar photovoltaic installations of 15.0 and 2.2 kw.
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Cornell has installed two solar hydronic hot water systems. The systems use the solar energy to heat water in evacuated tube solar collectors. The systems are designed to offset the need for fossil fuels to provide a portion of the heating and hot water needs of two campus facilities (23 total panels with 30 tubes each). Each tube is rated at 1,000 btu/day at peak summer solar insolation.
Cornell also has a heat exchange facility (Lake Source Cooling) to produce up to 20,000 peak tons of chilled water for campus. It generates renewable cooling by exchange heat to cold water from deep in Cayuga Lake saving 86% of the energy of conventional cooling (~25 million kWhr/year, about 10% of total campus electricity usage).
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:
The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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