Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.85
Liaison Sarah Williams
Submission Date Feb. 8, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Whitman College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.78 / 4.00 Brandon Bishop
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Physical Plant
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
83,974.25 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:
90.51 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
We currently have a 21kW photovoltaic system installed on our Tennis Courts. We are currently constructing 116kW of photovoltaic generation. https://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPageOverview.aspx?page=6dcb7aa6-8e6f-46ef-a1d0-c538d0a7f4dc&plant=57b0a381-3608-443d-9315-588de03b8646&splang=en-US

Option 2 

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

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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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:
58,210.57 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
RECs are Green-e certified American Wind purchased through Renewable Choice Energy

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.whitman.edu/about/campus-sustainability

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:

Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 1.69
Coal 61.96
Geothermal 0
Hydro 5.26
Natural gas 15.40
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0.48
Wind 0
Other (please specify and explain below) 9.47

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
The above is based upon Pacific Power & Light power blends. Solar and wind percentage is combined as reported by PP&L. Other category is a blend of power reported as purchases by PP&L.

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:
Due to metering limitations this number is an estimate. Some natural gas energy is utilized for cooking. The natural gas utilization has around a 90.4% correlation with campus heating degree days.

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
69.43

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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