Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.29
Liaison Kevin Kirsche
Submission Date Dec. 22, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Georgia
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Jason Perry
Sustainability Specialist
Office of Sustainability
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
2,067,364 MMBtu

Total clean and renewable electricity generated on site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes:
196 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :

UGA Solar Tracking and Demonstration Project:
1MW solar farm for research, experiential learning and offsetting approximately 1% of UGA's total electricity demand.

Solar Charging Station:
Picnic table with solar panels above for charging tablets, laptops and cell phones.

UGArden Solar Project:
Student-designed free-standing 8-panel solar array charges electric vehicles and other facilities at UGA's Teaching & Demonstration Farm.

UGA Solar Demonstration Project:
Jackson Street Building, College of Environment & Design.
72 solar photovoltaic panels provide up to 30,000 kWh annually, enough to power 90 T-8 light fixtures or 189 laptops daily.

UGA Club Sports Complex:
Solar-powered parking lot lighting illuminates the parking during evening operating hours.


Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
34 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

UGA Double Bridges Farm:
Swine Research and Learning Facility.
Swine waste is conveyed using harvested rain water and treated in an anaerobic digester, which is heated using biogas harvested from the treated swine waste.

UGA Bioconversion Center:
A solar-thermal hot water heating demonstration uses heat from the sun to pre-heat water used in the facility.


Total 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, performance year:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Total third-party certified RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a utility-provided certified green power option) purchased during the performance year:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Geothermal ---
Hydro ---
Natural gas ---
Nuclear ---
Solar photovoltaic ---
Wind ---
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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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 1
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 99
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.01

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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