Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.55
Liaison Luis Maggiori
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Lane Community College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.32 / 4.00 Luis Maggiori
Sustainability Coordinator
Institute for Sustainable Practices
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
81,769.22 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 52,695 Kilowatt-hours 179.80 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Lane Community College purchased non-certified Renewable Energy Certificates (REC’s) for fiscal year 2018 from local utility providers for a total of 1,361,905 kWh.

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
The College has on-site grid connected photovoltaic systems with a total of 54 kW. These systems feed electricity that is directly consumed on campus.

Clean and renewable thermal energy

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 552 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
Building 30 the Health and Wellness building, a LEED® Gold building
with 36 flat panel collectors of 300,000 Btu/hr, and Building 61a the Mary Spilde Downtown Center, a LEED® Platinum building with 250 evacuated tubes of 280,000 Btu/hr. These solar thermal heating systems provide domestic hot water for building occupants.

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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Unbundled renewable energy products

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 1,680,000 Kilowatt-hours 5,732.16 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Lane Community College purchased third party Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (REC’s) for fiscal year 2018 from Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF). The total purchased amount is the equivalent of 1,680,000 kWh

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
6,463.96 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
7.91

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 6.40
Coal 2.50
Geothermal 0
Hydro 76.90
Natural gas 0.81
Nuclear 7.50
Solar photovoltaic 0.13
Wind 5.80
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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 0
Coal 0
Electricity 51
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 49
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A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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