Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.39
Liaison Marianella Franklin
Submission Date Aug. 28, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
IC-2: Operational Characteristics

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

Endowment size:
72,014,738 US/Canadian $

Total campus area:
321 Acres

IECC climate region:
Hot-Humid

Locale:
Large town

Gross floor area of building space:
2,458,047 Gross square feet

Conditioned floor area:
2,422,015 Square feet

Floor area of laboratory space:
1,310,073 Square feet

Floor area of healthcare space:
56,972 Square feet

Floor area of other energy intensive space:
0 Square feet

Floor area of residential space:
266,488 Square feet

Electricity use by source::
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0.12
Coal 38
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0.15
Natural gas 0
Nuclear 12
Solar photovoltaic 0.90
Wind 5
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.12

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

oil 1 percent.


Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 52
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 48
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

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

Our University is located in the southern-most region of Texas. Over the course of a year, the temperature typically varies from 50°F to 97°F and is rarely below 39°F or above 102°F. Consequently, there is nominal demand for heating buildings.
(ref: https://weatherspark.com/averages/30134/Edinburg-Texas-United-States)


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

institutions may report all floor area within buildings that contain research laboratories as laboratory space.


institutions may report all floor area within buildings that contain research laboratories as laboratory space.

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