Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 58.49 |
Liaison | Richard Johnson |
Submission Date | Nov. 11, 2014 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Rice 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 | 0 |
Coal | 36.91 |
Geothermal | 0 |
Hydro | 0.10 |
Natural gas | 40.62 |
Nuclear | 11.70 |
Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
Wind | 10.21 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.46 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
"other" includes landfill gas, biomass, solar, petroleum coke, imports from neighboring grids, etc. This data is reported by ERCOT, and covers July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 (FY13).
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 | 100 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Most heat on campus comes from a district steam system, and the steam is created in boilers from natural gas, or recovered from the operations of natural gas fired cogeneration turbines in the form of waste heat. We do not have an exact percentage share of heat from electric, heat from natural gas, and heat from recovered waste heat.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Reported Lab, Residential, and Other Energy Intensive Spaces are reported in gross square feet, and include the entire associated buildings.
Reported Lab, Residential, and Other Energy Intensive Spaces are reported in gross square feet, and include the entire associated buildings.
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.