Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.39
Liaison Patrice Langevin
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Pitzer College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.31 / 4.00 Patrice Langevin
Associate Vice President of Facilities & Capital Projects
Facilities and Capital Projects
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Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
245,793.99 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

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) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
We purchase recs from Bonneville Environmental every December / January in the amount 5.5 million KWHs as listed above, In response to the review findings that asks for timeframe and how much energy was purchased the answer is right here, December in the amount of 5.5 million kwhs, not sure what else to tell you in response to your question. As for the second part of your question you ask for total energy consumption to be included in this credit however this credit only asks for clean and renewable energy which is listed, not sure please advise

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
70.3 kW solar system
17.0 kW solar system

Clean and renewable thermal energy

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

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 5,500,000 Kilowatt-hours 18,766 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
We purchase recs from Bonneville Environmental every December in the amount 5.5 million KWHs

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
18,766 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
7.63

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Geothermal ---
Hydro ---
Natural gas 85
Nuclear ---
Solar photovoltaic 5
Wind ---
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity 15
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas 85
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:
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