Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 68.63 |
Liaison | Amy Dvorak |
Submission Date | June 30, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Lewis & Clark College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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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
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
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.
Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0
MMBtu
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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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
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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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
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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 | 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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