| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.27 |
| Liaison | Hannah Rushing |
| Submission Date | Jan. 28, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Sterling College (VT)
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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N/A |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
None
Endowment size:
1,071,700
US/Canadian $
None
Total campus area:
430
Acres
None
IECC climate region:
Mixed-Humid
None
Locale:
Rural
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Gross floor area of building space:
57,076
Gross square feet
None
Conditioned floor area:
---
None
Floor area of laboratory space:
698
Square feet
None
Floor area of healthcare space:
0
Square feet
None
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
1,404
Square feet
None
Floor area of residential space:
26,163
Square feet
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 15 |
| Coal | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | 15 |
| Natural gas | --- |
| Nuclear | 30 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 15 |
| Wind | --- |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 25 |
None
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
10% comes from landfill gas generation; the remaining energy is obtained through spot market transactions.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | 97 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | --- |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 3 |
None
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Our fuel oil supplier uses a biofuel blend--depending on the temperature, our fuel oil is anywhere from 5 to 10% biofuels. The "other" heating source Sterling College uses is propane for one building.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Our other "energy intensive space" is the kitchen.
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