Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.39
Liaison Marianella Franklin
Submission Date Aug. 28, 2015
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.04 / 4.00 David Ortega
Asst Dir Cooling Plant
Facilities Management
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
256,209 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
Performance Year
Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes 2,305.88 MMBtu
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site 0 MMBtu
Option 3: 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: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) 0 MMBtu

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

On-site renewable electricity is generated from solar panels and fed into the campus grid. Solar panels are placed at different locations on campus, such as on the roof of the engineering building, and ITT parking lot. Dr. Jaime Ramos monitors the energy generated by the solar panels. The engineering department plans on bringing a new array of solar panels to campus in the near future, further allowing students and faculty to use their micro-grid research for practical uses and allowing consumers additional energy sources.


A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:
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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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