Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.95
Liaison Mari Acob-Nash
Submission Date Dec. 14, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

North Seattle College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 Tim Albertson
Sustainability Coordinator
Student Development Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
37,060.02 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:
0.03 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :

North Seattle College installed a 7.2 kWh highly visible, grid tied, tracking solar array to weave into academics and promote solar in the community.


Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

None


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:

None


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:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:

None


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 0
Coal 0.90
Geothermal 0
Hydro 89.60
Natural gas 0
Nuclear 4.30
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 3.60
Other (please specify and explain below) 1.60

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:

According to Seattle City Light Fuel Mix for the calendar year 2014:
1. Others include Biomass, Natural Gas, Landfill Gas, Other, Petroleum and Waste
2. Nuclear and Coal represent a portion of purchased power from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) as Seattle City Light does not own a nuclear or coal generation.
http://www.seattle.gov/light/FuelMix/


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 ---
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:
0.00

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Seattle City Light 2014 Fuel Mix:
http://www.seattle.gov/light/fuelmix/


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