Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.34
Liaison Jennifer Andrews
Submission Date July 29, 2014
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University of New Hampshire
IC-2: Operational Characteristics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Endowment size:
247,959,299 US/Canadian $

Total campus area:
2,600 Acres

IECC climate region:
Cold

Locale:
Small town

Gross floor area of building space:
5,482,045 Gross square feet

Conditioned floor area:
---

Floor area of laboratory space:
409,326 Square feet

Floor area of healthcare space:
22,549 Square feet

Floor area of other energy intensive space:
615,362 Square feet

Floor area of residential space:
1,119,346 Square feet

Electricity use by source::
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal 3
Geothermal ---
Hydro 2
Natural gas 92
Nuclear 2
Solar photovoltaic ---
Wind ---
Other (please specify and explain below) 1

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:

UNH is powering its campus with enriched and purified natural gas, courtesy of the local landfill, meaning that every bit of trash that ends up there ends up powering the school while lowering energy costs and decreasing environ- mental impact. UNH sells Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from this project and reinvests part of the proceeds back into energy efficiency initiatives on campus. As such, we cannot claim the renewable benefits associated with on-campus electricity production. Therefore, our electricity generation mix is based on onsite generation using natural gas and a small amount from the Public Service of New Hampshire (https://www.psnh.com/downloads/PSNHdisclosurelabel.pdf?id=4294987415&dl=t).

Other is oil.


Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 64
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil 2
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 33
Other (please specify and explain below) 1

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:

UNH is powering its campus with enriched and purified natural gas, courtesy of the local landfill, meaning that every bit of trash that ends up there ends up powering the school while lowering energy costs and decreasing environ- mental impact. UNH sells Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from this project and reinvests part of the proceeds back into energy efficiency initiatives on campus. 23 percent of UNH’s heating and cooling demand is provided by renewable energy sources. See www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/ecoline.

Other heating fuel is propane.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Floor area of energy intensive space includes lab/research space, dining halls/restaurants, IT/server building space, and space associated with water treatment.


Floor area of energy intensive space includes lab/research space, dining halls/restaurants, IT/server building space, and space associated with water treatment.

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