| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 77.18 |
| Liaison | Daimon Eklund |
| Submission Date | Oct. 12, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Washington, Seattle
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.07 / 4.00 |
Claudia
Frere-Anderson Director UW Sustainability |
Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
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:
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
UW Seattle's five on-site solar photovoltaic installations generate electricity at the following locations:
1. Alder Hall - 50 kW
2. Mercer Court A - 34 kW
3. IMA - 33.2 kW
4. Elm Hall - 25 kW
5. Maple Hall - 25 kW
6. Life Sciences BIPV -
7. UW Center for Urban Horticulture-Merrill Hall - 9.6 kW
8. Power Plant - 8.6 kW
9. UW Mechanical Engineering Building - 2.65 kW
Additional information about these installations can be found at these links:
http://www.seattle.gov/light/Green/greenPower/Accomplishments/uwmeb.asp
http://www.seattle.gov/light/Green/greenPower/Accomplishments/merrill.asp
http://dashboard.mckinstry.com/uw/
https://uwsolar.wordpress.com/home/
https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/pv/public_systems/hdQj334404/production/graph/months
Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
None.
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:
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
None.
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:
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
The UW Seattle campus participates in Seattle City Light’s (SCL’s) Green Up program by paying a premium on electric bills, which SCL uses to fund solar demonstration projects, and purchase RECs from new renewable energy sources that include wind, geothermal, dairy bio-gas and small hydro. In 2015, the UW paid $224,340 in premiums. As a result, SCL bought 14,956 MWh of RECs.
(NOTE: Participating in the Green Up program does not impact the UW's GHG accounting because all SCL delivered power is carbon-neutral. Any GHGs produced by non-hydro sources are offset by SCL, irrespective of the Green Up program.)
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 1 |
| Coal | 1 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 88 |
| Natural gas | 1 |
| Nuclear | 5 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
| Wind | 4 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Landfill Gases, Biomass, Natural Gas, Other, Petroleum and Waste
Source: http://www.seattle.gov/light/FuelMix/
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 | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 100 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
The quantity of electricity used for building heating can not be quantified. However, the quantity is believed to be negligible.
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.