| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.52 |
| Liaison | Lindsey MacDonald |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Western Washington University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.92 / 4.00 |
Scott
Dorough Campus Energy Manager Facilities Management |
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
596,217.00
MMBtu
Option 1
24.73
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
WWU currently has installed a 2kW solar array on top of the Viking Union building paid for by a donation from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation . The array is visible from an adjoining plaza. A 5kW array has also been installed on the roof of the Environmental Studies building, paid for by the student-funded Sustainable Action Fund.
Option 2
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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Option 3
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4
136,480
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
Each year, WWU purchases 40,000 RECs from NextEra Energy, a subsidiary of Florida Power and Light. WWU’s REC are generated on the Endeavor Wind Farm in Iowa and fed into the MROW grid region. Our REC vendor was selected based on carbon offset impact as well as site environmental considerations. Western was the first institution on the nation to base REC purchases on this criteria (2007). Western purchases more RECs than needed to offset our carbon emissions from electricity consumption. As the number of RECs we buy has stayed static, our electricity use has decreased.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | 33 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | 33 |
| Natural gas | 33 |
| Nuclear | --- |
| Solar photovoltaic | --- |
| Wind | --- |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
We have two rooftop solar panels, however their contribution to electricity generation is minimal.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 100 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
22.90
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Additional Info:
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership, a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power, ranked Western as 20th among all of higher education's renewable energy users for 2015.
http://www3.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top30ed.htm
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