Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 70.42 |
Liaison | Amy Dvorak |
Submission Date | March 6, 2020 |
Lewis & Clark College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.57 / 4.00 |
Amy
Dvorak Sustainability Manager Facilities |
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
90,793.04
MMBtu
Clean and renewable energy sources
Clean and renewable electricity
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) | 16,910 Kilowatt-hours | 57.70 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 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 a 5 kw net zero composting toilet.
Clean and renewable thermal energy
MMBtu | |
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 0 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:
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A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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Unbundled renewable energy products
kWh | MMBtu | |
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 10,447,640 Kilowatt-hours | 35,647.35 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
L&C undergraduate students purchase RECs to cover 100% of our energy usage each year. 2018 year purchase:
RECs:
National Renewable Energy Certificates vendor: 3 Phase Renewables Time: 5/21/2019
RECs:
National Renewable Energy Certificates vendor: 3 Phase Renewables Time: 5/21/2019
Metrics used in scoring
35,705.04
MMBtu
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
39.33
Optional Fields
Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
Biomass | --- |
Coal | 14 |
Geothermal | --- |
Hydro | 14 |
Natural gas | 33 |
Nuclear | --- |
Solar photovoltaic | 5 |
Wind | 9 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 30 |
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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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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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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