Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.30
Liaison Scott Morgan
Submission Date Aug. 30, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Evergreen State College, The
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.44 / 4.00 Sam Alfieri
Sustainability Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
140,100.04 MMBtu

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:
50.04 MMBtu

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

Solar photo-voltaic, 9 kW and 4 kW arrays.


Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0 MMBtu

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

A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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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:
50,428 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:

Evergreen purchases regionally-generated, Green-e certified RECs for 100% of purchased electricity on both campuses. Pacific NW regional RECs are generated predominantly by wind, with a very small portion originating from landfill and dairy digester methane capture. Hydropower, over 30% of our local grid mix, is not considered 'renewable' in WA State renewable portfolio standards.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Geothermal ---
Hydro ---
Natural gas ---
Nuclear ---
Solar photovoltaic ---
Wind ---
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

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 ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas ---
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
36.03

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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