Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.33
Liaison Olivia Shehan
Submission Date May 31, 2012
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Wellesley College
SD-10: Energy Use by Type

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Patrick Willoughby
Sustainability Director
Facilities
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

The percentage of total electricity use from coal.:
0

The percentage of total electricity use from wind.:
0

The percentage of total electricity use from biomass.:
0

The percentage of total electricity use from natural gas.:
99.61

The percentage of total electricity use from solar PV.:
0.01

The percentage of total electricity use from geothermal.:
0

The percentage of total electricity use from nuclear.:
0

The percentage of total electricity use from hydro.:
0.38

The percentage of total electricity use from other.:
0

Provide a brief description.:
We produced roughly 96.2% of our own electricity from natural gas last year, and purchased 3.8%, 90% of which was natural gas and 10% of which was nuclear and hydro combined.

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from coal.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from biomass.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from electricity.:
0.01

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from natural gas.:
99

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from geothermal.:
0

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from fuel oil.:
1

The percentage of total energy used for heating buildings from other.:
0

Provide a brief description.:
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If cogeneration, please explain.:
The college's co-generation plant produced 96.2% of this year's electricity. Co-gen utilizes almost 50% of total energy from the performance year, using natural gas, the cleanest burning fossil fuel, for electricity and steam.

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We recently committed to the EPA's Green Power Community plan, where we purchase 5% of our energy from the town of Wellesley's renewable energy source. All three colleges in the town of Wellesley have committed, making the town the first "Green Power Community" in Massachusetts.


We recently committed to the EPA's Green Power Community plan, where we purchase 5% of our energy from the town of Wellesley's renewable energy source. All three colleges in the town of Wellesley have committed, making the town the first "Green Power Community" in Massachusetts.

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