Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.33
Liaison Larry Cook
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2012
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University of South Carolina
OP-8: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.42 / 7.00 Larry Cook
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Option 1: 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 :
139,892 MMBtu

Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated:
460,554 MMBtu

Option 3: 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 :
0 MMBtu

Option 4: Total RECs and other similar renewable energy products that the institution purchased during the performance year that are Green-e certified or meet the Green-e standard's technical requirements and are third party verified:
8,890 MMBtu

Option 5: Total electricity generated with co-generation technology using non-renewable fuel sources :
0 MMBtu

Total energy consumed during the performance year :
1,741,778 MMBtu

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

2 X 5 KW Fuel cells for lighting at the baseball stadium and Green Quad Dorm
5 KW solar PV for the baseball stadium
26 KW solar covered walkway at the Blatt PE Center


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

Biomass gasification providing steam for hot water and heating.
Solar hot water heating for dorm hot water.


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of RECs or other similar renewable energy products purchased during the previous year:

RECs purchased as part of the campus green building program supporting renewable energy projects in the southeast. Honors College & Hollings Library both continue to purchase RECs.


A brief description of co-generation technologies deployed:
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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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