Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.46
Liaison Bradley Flamm
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
OP-15: Campus Fleet

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.41 / 1.00 Bradley Flamm
Director of Sustainability
Office of the President
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Total number of vehicles in the institution’s fleet:
96

Number of vehicles in the institution's fleet that are:
Number of Vehicles
Gasoline-only 53
Diesel-only 0
Gasoline-electric hybrid 0
Diesel-electric hybrid 0
Plug-in hybrid 0
100 percent electric 5
Fueled with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) 34
Hydrogen fueled 0
Fueled with B20 or higher biofuel 0
Fueled with locally produced, low-level biofuel 0

Do the figures reported above include leased vehicles?:
No

Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s efforts to support alternative fuel and power technology in its motorized fleet:
West Chester University installed a CNG compressor refueling center in 1998 and in 2020 more than one quarter of the motor fleet are CNG vehicles. Two EV recharging stations were installed in one of the university's parking structures in 2015 for the use of university employees and students. In 2019 West Chester University applied for and received a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grant to subsidize the purchase and installation of a Level 2 EV charging station to be dedicated to the university's motorized vehicle fleet. Four Nissan Leafs were purchased in 2019 to replace conventional gasoline sedans and the expectation is that as other conventional gasoline vehicles are retired they will be replaced with all-electric vehicles.

Website URL where information about the institution’s motorized fleet is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data supplied by Patti Shields, MAnager of Custodial, Grounds, and Vehicle Fleet (pshields@wcupa.edu).

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