| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.93 |
| Liaison | Christina Erickson |
| Submission Date | May 9, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Champlain College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.29 / 4.00 |
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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 :
Solar Panels at the Miller Center:
The system is net-metered system of 40,768 w, and has 182 PV modules, with an estimated energy production of 44,880 kWh per year.
According to our utility company, Burlington Electric Company, in FY2018, the Lakeside PV system generated 43,383 KwH which equals 147.91 MMBtus
More information is available here:
http://www.champlain.edu/Documents/Sustain-Champlain/LakesideSolarInfoSheet.pdf
Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Geothermal Systems - There is geothermal heating and cooling for Perry, Juniper, Valcour, Butler, Whiting & CCM
www.champlain.edu/geothermal
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:
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 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 | 36 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 35.80 |
| Natural gas | 0 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.30 |
| Wind | 27.90 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Burlington Electric Department is the source for all of our purchased electricity and is 100% renewable, however RECs for much of these holdings have been sold. https://www.burlingtonelectric.com/our-energy
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 | 26 |
| Natural gas | 74 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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