Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.70
Liaison David Gibson
Submission Date March 30, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Hampshire College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Todd Holland
Projects and Operations Manager
Facilities & Grounds
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
66,559 MMBtu

Option 1 

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:
14 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Hampshire College generated 367,154 kWh (1253 mmBtu) from on-site solar sources in FY2017. The seven systems, now poised to make 100% of our electricity, are: 1. A 37-kW solar array on top of the College's Arts Village canopy, a roofed, open-sided structure that connects four buildings. 2. A 5-kW solar array on the roof of the LEED Gold certified Ken Burns Wing of the Jerome Liebling Center. 3. A 17-kW solar array at the Farm Center's CSA Barn, mounted on the roof and the ground. 4. A 14-kW ground-mounted dual-axis tracking solar array at the president's house. 5. A 99-kW roof-mounted solar array on the RW Kern Center. 6. A 1797-kW ground-mount solar array on nine-acre Field I in Amherst. 7. A 1728-kW ground-mount solar array on nine-acre Field K in Hadley. All capacities in kW AC. Systems 1 and 2 have been operation since 2010. Systems 3-5 were operational in 2016. System 6 was operational in 2017, System 7 in 2018. Peak-shaving battery storage systems are installed but not fully operational for Systems 6 and 7. Present estimated output is 100% for Systems 1-5, 50% for System 6, and 0% for System 7. The Massachusetts SRECs for all but one solar PV (System 2) are sold. Hampshire College will own the RECs from the two large solar fields (systems 6 and 7) starting in 2028. Starting FY2018, Green-e certified replacement RECs will be purchased under a three-year contract from Sterling Planet, enough to cover 100% of campus electricity use plus a contingency, 23,200 mmBtu.

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
N/A

Option 3 

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

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
N/A

Option 4 

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:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Replacement RECs for all on-site renewable energy systems are now under contract, which was not finalized during the performance year.

Optional Fields

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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Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:

Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 8.20
Coal 2.36
Geothermal 0
Hydro 5.27
Natural gas 49.78
Nuclear 30.40
Solar photovoltaic 0.66
Wind 2.46
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.88

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
The above data is the resource mix taken from the USEPA's eGRID2016 data tables for the New England (NEWE) region. Other includes: 0.64% oil generation 0.14% other fossil fuels 0.10% unknown

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity 34
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 66
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:
0.02

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Hampshire College generated 367,154 kWh (1253 mmBtu) from on-site solar sources in FY2017. Replacement RECs for all on-site renewable energy systems are now under contract, which was not finalized during the performance year.

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