Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 61.51 |
Liaison | Karen Eckert, Ph.D. |
Submission Date | March 5, 2021 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Principia College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.81 / 4.00 |
Paul
Lehr Director Facilities |
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
81,983
MMBtu
Option 1
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
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Option 2
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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Option 3
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4
37,048
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Constellation provided 100% of campus electric use during the performance year (2019); 100% Wind, third-party (Green-e) certified. Contracts are signed on an annual basis, vendors are competitively selected.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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 | 0 |
Coal | 0 |
Geothermal | 0 |
Hydro | 0 |
Natural gas | 0 |
Nuclear | 0 |
Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
Wind | 100 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
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 | 0 |
Coal | 0 |
Electricity | 0 |
Fuel oil | 0 |
Geothermal | 0 |
Natural gas | 100 |
Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
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:
45.19
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Principia College tops the list for EPA's College & University Green Power Challenge within SLIAC (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). The college is a Gold Partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's “Green Power Partnership” program, sourcing 100% of our electricity from renewable sources. Recognition: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-02/documents/partner100_jan2021.pdf
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