| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.35 |
| Liaison | Delicia Nahman |
| Submission Date | Sept. 12, 2023 |
Lafayette College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.70 / 4.00 |
Scott
Kennedy Director of Facilities Operations Finance & Administrative |
Total energy consumption, performance year:
Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 17,000,000 Kilowatt-hours | 58,004 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 534,184 Kilowatt-hours | 1,822.64 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Lafayette began buying bundled Green-E certified RECs through a virtual power purchase agreement with an off-site developer/project on February 20, 2020. The value shown above represents the RECs retired on Lafayette's behalf from July 1, 2022 through June 30,2023.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
New solar array was installed on the Kirby Sports Center building.
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:
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 14,250,000 Kilowatt-hours | 48,621 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Lafayette purchased 28,500 MWH of unbundled RECs for the calendar year 2023. Half of them are accounted for in the 22-23 fiscal year represented here (July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023).
Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
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 | 1 |
| Coal | 10.30 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 1.40 |
| Natural gas | 48.70 |
| Nuclear | 36 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0.80 |
| Wind | 1 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0.70 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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 | 5 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 95 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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