Energy
Introduction
For most institutions, energy consumption is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global climate change. Implementing conservation measures and switching to renewable sources of energy can help institutions save money and protect them from utility rate volatility. Renewable energy may be generated locally and allow campuses to support local economic development. Furthermore, institutions can help shape markets by creating demand for cleaner, renewable sources of energy.
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104 kW Rooftop Array: Hartzler Library
- Eastern Mennonite University (VA)
- Secure Futures LLC (VA)
- Southern Energy Management (NC)
In fall 2010, working with Southern Energy Management (SEM) of Morrisville, NC, Staunton-based Secure Futures installed 328 high-efficiency photovoltaic panels on the roof of Eastern Mennonite University’s Hartzler Library. At …
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101 kW Parking Canopy: Adam Joseph Lewis Environmental Center
- Oberlin College (OH)
- Solar Design Associates (MA)
A new solar parking pavilion has been constructed over the Adam J. Lewis Center for Environmental Studies' existing parking lot with the purpose of supplying the remainder of the center's …
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100 kW Parking Canopy: Williams Village North Hall
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Includes a dashboard that provides real-time data in an effort to reduce energy use and promote sustainable practices throughout our community.
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100 kW Rooftop Arrays: Coors Events Center, Housing System Maintenance Center, Wolf Law Building
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- Bella Energy (CO)
Solar panels installed at the University of Colorado at Boulder on the roofs of the Coors Events/Conference Center, Housing System Maintenance Center and Wolf Law Building will produce 140,000 kilowatt-hours …
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100 kW Solar Arrays: Haley Building
- Mount Wachusett Community College (MA)
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
Originally, a 5 kWe photovoltaic array was installed to increase our energy security and reduce our dependance on electricity from the grid. Then, in the mid-2000s, the college began upgrading …
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100 kW Rooftop Array: School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- Yale University (CT)
The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies’ newest building, Kroon Hall, is seeking carbon neutrality by incorporating several renewable energy technologies into the design of the building —passive solar, a …
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98 kW Rooftop Array: Center for Community
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
98 kW array installed in 2011 with an annual estimated production of 140,000 kWh
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98 kW Rooftop Installations: McCarthy Student Center and Athletic Center
- Framingham State University (MA)
- Ostrow Electrical Company (MA)
Installation of Photovoltaic Solar Systems totaling 896kW at the following facilities: Berkshire Community College, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Greenfield Community College, DEP Mass. Recycling, and Westfield State University. …
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95 kW Rooftop Array: Hiram Bradford Farmer Education Building
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Lafferty Electric Technologies (AZ)
Roof top mount. Farmer Building. Fixed. 434 panels. 95.48 kWdc. PV Panel Type: Trina Solar 220 watts Inverter Type: Satcon PowerGate Plus (100 Watt) (1)
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92 kW Rooftop Array: John W. Schwada Classroom Office Building
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Lafferty Electric Technologies (AZ)
Roof top mount. Schwada Classroom Office Bldg.: Fixed array. 392 panels. 92.12 kWdc. PV Panel Type: Trina Solar 235 watts Inverter Type: Satcon PowerGate Plus (50 Watt) (2)
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90 kW Rooftop Array: Center for Manufacturing Excellence
- University of Mississippi (MS)
A renewable energy grant from the Mississippi Development Authority is helping the University of Mississippi's Center for Manufacturing Excellence lead the way in using solar power. The new center features …
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89 kW Rooftop Installations: Sanders Administration and Anthony Student Service Buildings
- Fitchburg State University (MA)
- Ostrow Electrical Company (MA)
Installation of Photovoltaic Solar Systems totaling 896kW at the following facilities: Berkshire Community College, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Greenfield Community College, DEP Mass. Recycling, and Westfield State University. …
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82 kW Rooftop Array: Building 20
- Springfield Technical Community College (MA)
Officials at three state colleges in Massachusetts were awarded Clean Renewable EnergyBonds (CREBs) from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to be used to erect photovoltaic (PV) solar-electric systems at the …
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80 kW Rooftop Array: Biodesign B
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
This building is utilized for high tech laboratory and office space and is physically connected at all floor levels to Biodesign Institute-Building A. This building is the “Front Door” to …
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77 kW Ground Mount Array
- Greenfield Community College (MA)
- Ostrow Electrical Company (MA)
Installation of Photovoltaic Solar Systems totaling 896kW at the following facilities: Berkshire Community College, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Greenfield Community College, DEP Mass. Recycling, and Westfield State University. …
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77 kW Rooftop Array: Frederick E. Berry Building
- North Shore Community College (MA)
- Ostrow Electrical Company (MA)
Working with the Mass Development Finance Agency, NSCC applied for federal funding for a 77 kW Solar PV installation. The $333,469 project includes $185,419 of ARRA funds as well as …
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76 kW Ground Mount Array: Carter-Finley
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Southern Energy Management (NC)
The 75.6 kilowatt (kW) system, comprising 432 ground-mounted solar panels was dedicated in January 2008. Owned by Carolina Solar, the array was the largest in the state at the time …
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76 kW Rooftop Array: Salazar Hall
- Sonoma State University (CA)
The solar array covering about 9,500 square feet of roof area of the former campus library generates 75 kilowatts of electricity -- enough energy to run about 80 average homes. …
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74 kW Rooftop Array: Norton Hall
- University at Buffalo (NY)
- Chevron Energy Solutions (CA)
The system on top of Norton Hall is expected to produce 73,100 kilowatt hours annually, about six percent of the building's annual electrical power consumption.
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74 kW Rooftop Array: Wheatley Building
- University of Massachusetts Boston (MA)
- Ostrow Electrical Company (MA)
The sunlight that shines on the fourth-floor roof of Wheatley Hall is now providing clean, renewable energy to the building, saving University of Massachusetts Boston an anticipated $10,000 in energy …
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71 kW Ground Mount Arrays: Aiken Solar Trackers (17)
- University of Vermont (VT)
This project, supported by a $200,000 grant from the student-supported Clean Energy Fund, involved installation of 17 solar trackers on a highly visible portion of UVM land that is leased …
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68 kW Rooftop Array: Atlantic Hall
- Salem State University (MA)
In 2009, Salem State completed the installation of a 68 kW PV array on Atlantic Hall, a dormitory built in 2004 on a former industrial site. The PV system was …
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61 kW Rooftop Array: Thomas McGee Building
- North Shore Community College (MA)
- Solar Design Associates (MA)
In February 2006, the NSCC Facilities department invited the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources to survey the college as a potential Solar Photovoltaic site. Working with several state agencies NSCC …
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60 kW Rooftop Array: Business Administration A Wing
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Solar Power Partners
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
Roof top mount. Business Administration Building A-wing: Fixed system. 252 panels. 60.48 kWdc.QMA (qualified management agreement) or SSA (solar services agreement). PV Panel Type: Kyocera Polycrystalline 240 watts Inverter Type: …
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60 kW Rooftop Array: Huang Engineering Center
- Stanford University (CA)
The Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering are the latest additions to Stanford’s state of the art facilities. BP Solar provided nearly 300 of …
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60 kW Rooftop Array: Synergy House
- Stanford University (CA)
Synergy House cooperative members, who live near the top of San Juan Hill in a historic wood-frame mansion, had a nearly $30,000 windfall that they wanted to put toward installing …
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59 kW Rooftop Array: Adam Joseph Lewis Environmental Center
- Oberlin College (OH)
Key features of the building include solar panels on the roof.
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59 kW Rooftop Array: MLK Student Union
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
UC Berkeley's Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) and Graduate Assembly (GA) have voted almost unanimously to allocate sizable chunks of their budgets - 8.5 percent and roughly …
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58 kW Rooftop Array: Peterson Field House
- University of Mount Union (OH)
Roof (Peterson Field House).The project is part of the $17.5 million renovation to the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex (MAAC). It was made possible through an anonymous investor and grants …
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55 kW Rooftop Array: Eagle Learning Center
- Eastern University (PA)
- Community Energy, Inc. (PA)
An array of solar panels mounted on the roof of the Eagle Learning Center at Eastern University in St. Davids, PA, is now producing clean energy and reducing the University’s …
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55 kW Rooftop Array: Moser Hall
- Youngstown State University (OH)
- Carbon Vision LLC (OH)
Youngstown State University has a 55 kW solar PV system on the flat roof of Moser Hall. The system utilizes a racking system from Youngstown-based Northern States Metals. Wind tunnel …
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54 kW Ground Mount Array: Research Innovation Center
- Colorado State University (CO)
Ground-mount, fixed-tilt (30 degree tilt): Research Innovation Center.Utility appetite for RECs and available incentives have dried up. Short term, no plans. Long term CSU remains hopeful for future solar development. …
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50 kW Rooftop Array: Colman Sports Center
- Hiram College (OH)
- Carbon Vision LLC (OH)
The Ohio Department of Development awarded Hiram College and its partner, Carbon Vision LLC, a grant for $165,728 for the installation of 234 solar panels on the Coleman Sports Center. …
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50 kW Rooftop Array: Higher Education Complex
- Florida Atlantic University (FL)
- Advanced Roofing, Inc. (FL)
- Advanced Green Technologies (FL)
The $250,000 array includes 240 individual panels producing 50,000 watts of power, which is expected to cut FAU’s power bill by 20 percent to 25 percent at its 12-story Higher …
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50 kW Rooftop Arrays: Campus Center
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)
The university’s rooftop panels, which produce 50 kilowatts of power, were installed in 2004 by LB Electric Co., a company founded by alumnus Leon Baptiste ’91 that began as a …
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50 kW Rooftop Array: Cascades Campus
- Oregon State University (OR)
The solar project is expected to cost about $575,000 and will be funded out of the school’s general fund, which is primarily a combination of state dollars and tuition and …
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50 kW Rooftop Array: East Campus Athletic Village
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) has a 50-kilowatt photovoltaic array installed on the roof. The innovative design for the ECAV stadium employs a solar shading screen to control glare …
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50 kW Wind Turbine
- West Texas A&M University (TX)
A 50 kW wind turbine system located at WTAMU's Nance Ranch produces the energy required by its cattle feedlot operations. It consumed approximately 125,000 kWh of electricity based on data …
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49 kW Rooftop Array: Social Sciences Building
- University at Albany (NY)
- Solar Liberty (NY)
More than $287,000 in federal stimulus money will fund the installation of a 49-kilowatt solar panel system on the Social Sciences Building, saving $69,130 a year. The project, which will …
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49 kW Rooftop Array: Science Center
- Alfred University (NY)
- Solar Liberty (NY)
NYSERDA has announced the awarding of a $268,840 grant for the installation of a large solar panel array, capable of generating 48.88 kW, on the roof of the Science Center. …
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48 kW Rooftop Array: Student Recreation Center
- Sonoma State University (CA)
In the summer of 2007, the Recreation Center building finished construction with a Phase I installment of 48 kilowatts of solar panels on the Everest Gym roof. Rebates from the …
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47 kW Rooftop Array: Donald Bren Hall
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Donald Bren Hall received rebates through the State of California for the building's 47 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system. Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Donald Bren Hall incorporates solar photovoltaic panels that …
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44 kW Rooftop and Curtain Wall Arrays: Lillis Business Complex
- University of Oregon (OR)
- Solar Design Associates (MA)
The building integrates three different types of photovoltaic arrays: glass-integrated PVs for the atrium curtain wall and skylights, peel-and-stick thin-film PVs on the penthouse metal roof, and flat-rooftop arrays. The …
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43 kW Rooftop Array: Towler Hall
- Clatsop Community College (OR)
- SolarCity
Clatsop Community College has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the company SolarCity and their investors. SolarCity installed the net metering system and will maintain it for fifteen …
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42 kW Rooftop Array: Palo Duro Research Facility
- West Texas A&M University (TX)
A solar photovoltaic (PV) system and a wind turbine system are to be utilized to reduce energy use from the electrical grid consumption at West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) through …
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41 kW Rooftop Array: In-Vessel Composting Facility
- Ohio University (OH)
- Dovetail Solar & Wind (OH)
Ohio University is home to the largest in-vessel compost system at any college or university in the nation. There is currently 41.1 kW of photovoltaic panels at the Compost Facility. …
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41 kW Rooftop Array: Mission Bay Aquatic Center
- San Diego State University (CA)
- Sullivan Solar Power (CA)
This is one of four sites installed by Sullivan Solar Power for SDSU and is the first net-zero commercial building in San Diego. The Associated Students of San Diego State …
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40 kW Rooftop Array: Keystone Science Center
- North Carolina State University (NC)
The 40 kW, ballasted rooftop solar system installed by AEG Power Solutions is forecasted to generate around 52,000 kWh of energy, annually, for the FREEDM Systems Center.
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40 kW Rooftop Array: Hoover House
- Stanford University (CA)
- REC Solar (CA)
The official home of the Stanford University President has gone solar. The electric meter for Hoover House runs backward at times, with the solar panels creating more electricity than the …
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40 kW Rooftop Array: Fisher Hall
- Yale University (CT)
Fisher Hall at the Yale Divinity School provides a platform for 40kW solar system consisting of 255 solar panels. Installed in 2007, the solar panels generate approximately 45,200 kilowatt-hours of …
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This tab provides access to data collected through AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS). STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. STARS enables meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements developed with broad participation from the campus sustainability community.
All responses reference content from reports under the latest version of STARS, version 2.2. AASHE membership and log-in is required.
OP 5: Building Energy Efficiency
- Total performance year site energy consumption per unit of floor area
- Total performance year source energy consumption per unit of floor area
- Percent reduction in total source energy consumption per unit of floor area from baseline
- Description of initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency
- Description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution
- Description of LED lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies
- Description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies
- Description of co-generation employed by the institution
- Description of initiatives to replace energy-consuming equipment with high efficiency alternatives
- Website URL - Energy conservation and efficiency program
OP 6: Clean and Renewable Energy
- Percent of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources
- Website URL - Clean and renewable energy programs
- Percent of electricity from coal
- Percent of electricity from geothermal
- Percent of electricity from hydro
- Percent of electricity from natural gas
- Percent of electricity from nuclear energy
- Percent of electricity from solar photovoltaic
- Percent of electricity from wind
- Percent of electricity from wind
Additional analysis on scores and quantitative fields can be conducted using the STARS Benchmarking Tool.