Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.06
Liaison Michael Amadori
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Hobart and William Smith Colleges
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.30 / 4.00 Howard Simmons
Director
Facilities
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
137,176.01 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:
0.01 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
The Colleges have a 1,980 watt photovoltaic array installed at the Finger Lakes Institute, a research institute located on campus.

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
The Colleges have a geothermal heating and cooling system installed at the Finger Lakes Institute consisting of 20 wells drilled 100 feet deep on the hillside overlooking Seneca Lake.

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:
44,356 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
On Sept. 1, 2014, the Colleges signed an agreement to purchase 13,000 MWh of Green-e certified wind RECs through Community Energy, Inc. from Sept. 1, 2014 to Aug. 31, 2017.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.hws.edu/about/green

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:
32.49

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information on the renewable energy systems of the Finger Lakes Institute can be found at http://www.hws.edu/fli/facility.aspx

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