| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.59 |
| Liaison | Chris Bond |
| Submission Date | Oct. 30, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Unity Environmental University
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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Endowment size:
14,239,000
US/Canadian $
None
Total campus area:
238
Acres
None
IECC climate region:
Mixed-Humid
None
Locale:
Small town
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Gross floor area of building space:
248,000
Gross square feet
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Conditioned floor area:
207,000
Square feet
None
Floor area of laboratory space:
5,000
Square feet
None
Floor area of healthcare space:
2,500
Square feet
None
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
0
Square feet
None
Floor area of residential space:
84,000
Square feet
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | --- |
| Natural gas | --- |
| Nuclear | --- |
| Solar photovoltaic | 4.50 |
| Wind | 94.30 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 1.10 |
None
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Two campus solar arrays supply 4.5% of our electricity, with the remainder purchased from the grid. We offset 98.9% of the grid purchase with RECs from western wind.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 11 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 1 |
| Fuel oil | 85 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 0 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 1 |
None
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
The 'other' category above is propane because we do not have access to natural gas on campus
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Unity College was the first college in the US to divest its endowment from fossil fuels. Our focus now is on divesting our campus infrastructure from fossil fuels. We have a net-zero energy President’s home, a certified passively heated 10 student residence hall that costs $200 to heat and will be net-zero energy in 2015, a new net-zero carbon 70 student residence hall, a solar photo-voltaic power purchase agreement on our library that supplies 80% of its electricity, and six biomass boilers that eliminate reliance on fossil fuels in three buildings. These initiatives are part of a strategic plan approved by the trustees to become carbon neutral by 2020.
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