Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.23
Liaison Sarah Williams
Submission Date July 24, 2023

STARS v2.2

Whitman College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.02 / 4.00 Sarah Williams
Sustainability Manager
Office of Sustainability, Facilities Services
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
102,233.64 MMBtu

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
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) 121,345.35 Kilowatt-hours 414.03 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
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A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
We have solar arrays on Bratton Tennis Center, Cleveland Commons, and Stanton Hall.

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
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:
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A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
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Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
414.03 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
0.40

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0.40
Coal 46.80
Geothermal 0.30
Hydro 5.80
Natural gas 18.40
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 3.90
Wind 15.20
Other (please specify and explain below) 9.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
In 2021, the “basic fuel mix”, the average mix of energy sources supplying Pacific Power customers, is 46.8% coal, 18.4% natural gas, 15.2% wind, 5.8% hydro, 3.9% solar, 0.3% geothermal, 0.4% biomass, and 9.2% miscellaneous. This information is based on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Form 1 data. The Pacific Power “basic fuel mix” is based on energy production and not resource capability, capacity or delivered energy. https://www.pacificpower.net/savings-energy-choices/blue-sky-renewable-energy/product-content-label.html

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 5
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 95
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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