Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.93
Liaison Christina Erickson
Submission Date May 9, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Champlain College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.29 / 4.00 Tom Bonnette
Director
Physical Plant
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
44,658.55 MMBtu

Option 1 

Total clean and renewable electricity generated on site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes:
147.91 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
Solar Panels at the Miller Center: The system is net-metered system of 40,768 w, and has 182 PV modules, with an estimated energy production of 44,880 kWh per year. According to our utility company, Burlington Electric Company, in FY2018, the Lakeside PV system generated 43,383 KwH which equals 147.91 MMBtus More information is available here: http://www.champlain.edu/Documents/Sustain-Champlain/LakesideSolarInfoSheet.pdf

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
3,054.84 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
Geothermal Systems - There is geothermal heating and cooling for Perry, Juniper, Valcour, Butler, Whiting & CCM www.champlain.edu/geothermal

Option 3 

Total 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, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4 

Total third-party certified RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a utility-provided certified green power option) purchased during the performance year:
0 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.champlain.edu/student-life/campus-and-community-programs/sustain-champlain/programs-sustain-champlain/campus-operations

Additional documentation to support the submission:
Champlain College Energy Consumption.pdf

 

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 36
Coal 0
Geothermal 0
Hydro 35.80
Natural gas 0
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0.30
Wind 27.90
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Burlington Electric Department is the source for all of our purchased electricity and is 100% renewable, however RECs for much of these holdings have been sold. https://www.burlingtonelectric.com/our-energy

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 26
Natural gas 74
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:
7.17

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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