Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.20
Liaison Olivia Shehan
Submission Date Dec. 24, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Wellesley College
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.06 / 4.00 Patrick Willoughby
Sustainability Director
Facilities
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
339,154 MMBtu

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Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
Performance Year
Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes 43.56 MMBtu
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site 0 MMBtu
Option 3: Clean and renewable electricity generated by off-site projects that the institution catalyzed and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes 0 MMBtu
Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) 4,681.09 MMBtu

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A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Wellesley college has owned and operated a 10 kilowatt photovoltaic solar panels at our Sports Field since 2010. In the four years of operation, our solar panels have produced 168.18147688636 MMBtu of energy, preventing over 55,678 pounds of carbon dioxide pollution into our atmosphere.

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A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:
In a partnership with Wellesley town, Wellesley College has committed itself to purchasing 5% of its total electric energy consumption from renewable sources.

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The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://www.sunwatchmeter.com/home/lifetime/wellesley-college http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/wellesleycollege.htm

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