Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.63
Liaison Amy Dvorak
Submission Date June 30, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Lewis & Clark College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.56 / 4.00 Amy Dvorak
Sustainability Manager
Facilities
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
102,755.70 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:
57.70 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
The institution has a 100 kw solar array on campus for which we receive the power however we do not own the green tags for this installation. The institution also hosts a 15 kw carport array and does own the environmental attributes.

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:
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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:
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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:
40,103 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
L&C undergraduate students purchase RECs to cover 100% of our energy usage each year. This year's purchase: Bonneville Environmental Foundation CERTIFICATE #8397 Smoky Hills Wind Project II Located in Lincoln and Ellsworth counties Kansas, the Smokey Hills Wind II Project consists of 99 GE turbines and has a nameplate capacity of 148.5 MW. PRODUCTION DATE 2015 Sept CLEAN MWh GENERATED 12,462

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.lclark.edu/about/sustainability/campus/green_power/

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 ---
Coal 22
Geothermal ---
Hydro 16
Natural gas 25
Nuclear ---
Solar photovoltaic 5
Wind 6
Other (please specify and explain below) 26

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
'market purchases' and 'long-term market contracts' make up the 'other' category and are sourced from the regional grid. Source: https://www.portlandgeneral.com/our-company/energy-strategy/how-we-generate-electricity

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity 7
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 93
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:
39.08

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
100 of our energy and gas use is offset by purchased RECS and greenhouse gas offsets.

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