Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.62
Liaison Luis Maggiori
Submission Date Oct. 23, 2024

STARS v2.2

Lane Community College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.03 / 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:
84,264.43 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) 50,587 Kilowatt-hours 172.60 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
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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 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:

Lane Community College had no purchases of REC's during this reporting period.


Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
724.60 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.86

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
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 0
Coal 0
Electricity 42
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 58
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

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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