Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.42
Liaison Amy Dvorak
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

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

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.57 / 4.00 Amy Dvorak
Sustainability Manager
Facilities
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
90,793.04 MMBtu

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) 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 (report MMBtu):
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 (report kWh):
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


Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
35,705.04 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
39.33

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
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.


100 of our energy and gas use is offset by purchased RECS and greenhouse gas offsets.

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