Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.36
Liaison Ian Johnson
Submission Date June 8, 2015
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Colorado College
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.03 / 4.00 Michael Brubaker
Campus Operations & Plant Manger
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
178,301.70 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 1,042.50 MMBtu
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site 135 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) 0.00 MMBtu

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

Colorado College introduced its first on-campus renewable electricity project in spring of 2008. Its 22-kilowatt array was the largest solar electric system in the Colorado Springs Utilities service area at the time of permitting. During 2011/2012, CC purchased panels for the Worner Center (63,000 kWh) and in 2012/2013 for KRCC (3,240 kWh) and the Children's Center (25,200 kWh). In 2014, CC installed new solar arrays on the El Pomar Sports Center (278,000 kWh/yr), the Cornerstone Arts Center (164,600 kWh/yr), the Spencer Center (18 kW array), Synergy House (4.3 kW array), and the Dean's house (10.7 kW array).


A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

N/A


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:

The College purchased 2,000 RECs from Colorado Springs Utilities.


The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Purchased third-party certified RECs was calculated from the 2,000 RECs bought from Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU Commercial Wind)


Purchased third-party certified RECs was calculated from the 2,000 RECs bought from Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU Commercial Wind)

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