| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.69 |
| Liaison | John Pumilio |
| Submission Date | July 23, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Colgate University
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Endowment size:
725,100,000
US/Canadian $
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Total campus area:
720.34
Hectares
None
IECC climate region:
Cold
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Locale:
Small town
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Gross floor area of building space:
204,508.86
Gross square meters
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Conditioned floor area:
204,508.86
Square meters
None
Floor area of laboratory space:
11,242.38
Square meters
None
Floor area of healthcare space:
204.57
Square meters
None
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
5,457.31
Square meters
None
Floor area of residential space:
79,865.64
Square meters
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0.30 |
| Coal | 2.30 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 88.90 |
| Natural gas | 3 |
| Nuclear | 4.90 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
| Wind | 0.40 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.20 |
None
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 80 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 0 |
| Fuel oil | 20 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 0 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
None
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
COLGATE'S ELECTRICITY MIX
Coal = 2.3%
Oil = 0.1%
Natural Gas = 3.0%
Other Fossil Fuels = 0.1%
Biomass = 0.3%
Hydro = 88.9%
Nuclear = 4.9%
Wind = 0.4%
Solar = 0.0%
Geothermal = 0.0%
TOTAL = 100%
COLGATE'S HEATING MIX:
Wood chips = 217,180 MMBtus = 80%
Fuel Oil #6 = 32,310 MMBtus = 12%
Fuel Oil #2 = 23,120 MMBtus = 8%
*As of fall 2013, fuel oil #6 is no longer used on campus. From fall 2013 until fall 2014, we are using fuel oil #2 as our primary backup to wood chips in our central plant. Natural gas will replace fuel oil #2 in the fall of 2014 as our back up fuel to wood chips.
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