| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.13 |
| Liaison | Elizabeth Drake |
| Submission Date | March 6, 2020 |
Swarthmore College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.23 / 4.00 |
Ralph
Thayer Director of Maintenance Facilities Management |
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indicates that no data was submitted for this field
Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
172,392.34
MMBtu
Clean and renewable energy sources
Clean and renewable electricity
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 66,124 Kilowatt-hours | 225.62 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
N/a
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
We have an onsite solar installation for charging electric vehicles called the Matchbox array (generated 3474.87 kWh in 2019), a rooftop array on the Whittier Building (generated 18,809 kWh in 2019) and a rooftop array on the NPPR or PPR apartments (generated 43,840 kWh in 2019).
Clean and renewable thermal energy
| MMBtu | |
| Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 0 MMBtu |
| Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
N/a
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
N/a
Unbundled renewable energy products
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 15,500,000 Kilowatt-hours | 52,886 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
RECs are Green-E certified 100% wind, purchased from Schneider Electric.
Metrics used in scoring
53,111.62
MMBtu
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
30.81
Optional Fields
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| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 0 |
| Natural gas | 0 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
| Wind | 100 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
N/a
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | 7 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 93 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
N/a
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data was assembled by Elizabeth Drake, Climate Action Manager for the Office of Sustainability and Ralph Thayer, Maintenance Director.
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