Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.20
Liaison Megan Butler
Submission Date May 31, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Macalester College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.01 / 4.00 Nathan Lief
Facilities Director
Facilities
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
129,747.99 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:
2.77 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Macalester's wind turbine and PV array on Markim Hall generate electricity that is directly fed into the College's electrical loop.

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:
The EcoHouse has a solar-thermal array to heat the DHW for the house. It is unmetered.

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:
0.00 MMBtu

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
Macalester has purchased wind source credit for our electric vehicle charging station.

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:
191.80 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
RECs are purchased to offset the emissions from Markim Hall.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.macalester.edu/sustainability/carbon-neutral/energy/

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 1.30
Coal 52.50
Geothermal 0
Hydro 5.50
Natural gas 3.10
Nuclear 19.80
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 17.30
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.50

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Oil, Other Fossil Fuels, Unknown sources.

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 100
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
No #2 oil was used during the performance year.

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.15

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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