| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 78.48 |
| Liaison | Patrick McKee |
| Submission Date | June 20, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Connecticut
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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N/A |
Sarah
Munro Sustainability Coordinator Office of Environmental Policy |
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 | 1.36 |
| Coal | 0.30 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 1.66 |
| Natural gas | 87.11 |
| Nuclear | 2.09 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.06 |
| Wind | 0.38 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 7.04 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Purchased electricity from the local utility (ConEd) was comprised of 40% renewable energy during the performance year, including Landfill Gas/Refuse Methane.
1.8% of the ‘other’ category comes from the on-campus hydrogen fuel cell, which generates electricity through an electro-chemical reaction rather than through combustion of fossil fuel. Compared to a conventional gas-fired turbine generating the same amount of energy, UConn’s 400 kW fuel cell reduces CO2 emissions by 800 tons per year and eliminates other air pollutants like NOx, VOCs, SO2, particulates and air toxics. The fuel cell also avoids the need for cooling water, saving nearly 4 million gallons of water per year compared to a similar-sized combustion turbine. Under CT’s renewable portfolio standard law, a hydrogen fuel cell is classified as a class 1 renewable energy source.
More information: http://ecohusky.uconn.edu/energy/fuel-cell.html
(Note: while coal is part of the ISO grid fuel mix in CT at a very small percentage, and therefore shows up as .30% of UConn’s energy mix, based on our purchase of 8.65% of campus electricity from ConEd, it is doubtful that any electrons generated by a coal-burning power plant are making it to UConn’s campus. There has not been a coal-burning source of energy on UConn’s campus for several decades and the nearest coal plant in CT is very far away from our campus.)
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 0 |
| Fuel oil | 7.63 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 92.37 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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