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2011-2012 College & University Green Power Challenge


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Throughout the 2011-12 academic year, EPA’s Green Power Partnership will track and recognize the collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power purchases in the nation. The Green Power Challenge is open to all U.S. colleges, universities, and conferences. To join the Partnership, visit the Join Us page of this website.

In the Spring of 2012, EPA will conclude the Green Power Challenge and recognize a Champion Green Power Conference as well as the largest single purchasers within each participating conference as 2011-12 EPA Green Power Challenge conference champions. The top conferences are listed below. To be listed, a conference must have at least one Green Power Partner and an aggregate green power purchase of at least 10,000,000 kWh across the conference.

This list is current as of January 5, 2012. The next and final update to the 2011-12 College & University Green Power Challenge is scheduled for April 2012.

Competing Conferences

The following athletic conferences are participating in the 2011-2012 College & University Green Power Challenge.

1. Big Ten Conference
(256,935,349 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Penn State 83,600,000 20
Northwestern 74,311,195 30
Ohio State 51,429,000 9
Wisconsin 38,900,400 9
Iowa/Main Campus Buildings 8,694,754 3
Illinois - -
Indiana - -
Michigan - -
Michigan State - -
Minnesota - -
Nebraska - -
Purdue - -
 
2. Pac-12 Conference (228,529,654 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Utah 98,255,850 36
Oregon State 95,005,040 100
Colorado 20,312,764 16
Washington 14,956,000 5
Arizona - -
Arizona State - -
California - -
Oregon - -
Stanford - -
UCLA - -
USC - -
Washington State - -
 
3. Ivy League
(200,194,600 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Pennsylvania 200,194,600 48
Brown - -
Columbia - -
Cornell - -
Dartmouth - -
Harvard - -
Princeton - -
Yale - -
         
4. University Athletic Association
(119,515,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Carnegie Mellon 119,515,000 103
Brandeis - -
Case Western Reserve - -
Emory - -
New York University - -
University of Chicago - -
Washington University - -
 
5. Colonial Athletic Association
(93,371,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Drexel 84,268,000 100
George Mason 5,623,000 5
Hofstra 3,480,000 6
Delaware - -
Georgia State - -
James Madison - -
UNC Wilmington - -
Northeastern - -
Old Dominion - -
Towson - -
VCU - -
William & Mary - -
 
6. Big 12 Conference
(81,037,676 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Oklahoma 67,974,676 38
Iowa State 13,063,000 7
Baylor - -
Kansas - -
Kansas State - -
Missouri - -
Oklahoma State - -
Texas - -
Texas A&M - -
Texas Tech - -
         
7. Centennial Conference
(70,349,590 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Dickinson 18,000,000 100
Franklin & Marshall 15,771,500 81
Haverford 14,000,000 100
Swarthmore 12,578,090 91
Gettysburg 10,000,000 50
Bryn Mawr - -
Johns Hopkins - -
McDaniel - -
Muhlenberg - -
Ursinus - -
Washington College - -
 
8. Atlantic Coast Conference
(66,778,382 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Maryland 66,000,000 26
Clemson / ICAR 655,710 50
Clemson / Ravenel District 122,672 24
Boston College - -
Duke - -
Florida State - -
Georgia Tech - -
Miami - -
North Carolina - -
NC State - -
Virginia - -
Virginia Tech - -
Wake Forest - -
 
9. Big East Conference (62,111,500 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Georgetown 36,511,500 25
Syracuse 22,900,000 20
DePaul 2,700,000 5
Connecticut - -
Cincinnati - -
Louisville - -
Marquette - -
Notre Dame - -
Pittsburgh - -
Providence - -
Rutgers - -
St. John's - -
Seton Hall - -
USF - -
Villanova - -
West Virginia - -
         
10. Landmark Conference
(59,010,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Catholic University 43,000,000 100
Goucher College 11,200,000 108*
Juniata College 4,810,000 55
Drew University - -
Moravian College - -
Susquehanna University - -
University of Scranton - -
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - -
 
11. Patriot League
(58,040,250 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
American 54,033,000 100
Bucknell 4,006,750 10
Army - -
Colgate - -
Holy Cross - -
Lafayette - -
Lehigh - -
Navy - -
 
12. Cascade Collegiate Conference
(47,441,447 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Southern Oregon 33,300,047 287*
Evergreen 14,141,400 100
College of Idaho - -
Concordia - -
Corban - -
Eastern Oregon - -
Northwest - -
Northwest Christian - -
Oregon Tech - -
Warner Pacific - -
         
13. Liberty League
Conference
(42,279,740 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Rochester Institute of Technology 11,539,000 15
Hobart and William Smith Colleges 12,001,400 108*
University of Rochester / Residential Life Buildings 5,000,000 100
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4,035,453 5
Union College 3,023,375 15
Skidmore 2,347,512 10
St. Lawrence University 2,333,000 15
Bard 2,000,000 11
Clarkson - -
Vassar - -
 
14. Great Northwest Athletic Conference
(40,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Western Washington 40,000,000 102*
Alaska Anchorage - -
Alaska Fairbanks - -
Central Washington - -
Montana State - Billings - -
NW Nazarene - -
Saint Martins - -
Seattle Pacific - -
Simon Fraser - -
Western Oregon - -
 
15. Northeast Conference (39,488,682 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Quinnipiac 37,744,000 100
Monmouth 1,744,682 9
Bryant - -
Central Connecticut - -
Fairleigh Dickinson - -
Long Island - -
Mount St. Mary's - -
Robert Morris - -
Sacred Heart - -
Saint Francis (NY) - -
Saint Francis (PA) - -
Wagner - -
         
16. Northeast-10 Conference (38,284,300 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Adelphi University 20,263,800 101*
Southern New Hampshire 17,500,000 146*
Saint Rose 520,500 10
American International - -
Assumption - -
Bentley - -
Franklin Pierce - -
Le Moyne - -
Merrimack - -
New Haven - -
Pace - -
Saint Anselm - -
Saint Michael's - -
Southern Connecticut State - -
Stonehill - -
University of Massachusetts – Lowell - -
 
17. West Coast Conference (34,640,359 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Santa Clara University 30,024,959 100
Loyola Marymount University 4,615,400 16
Brigham Young - -
Gonzaga - -
Pepperdine - -
Portland - -
Saint Mary's - -
San Diego - -
San Francisco - -
 
18. New England Small College Athletic Conference
(30,926,758 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Bowdoin College 12,570,000 66
Colby College 7,578,077 62
Hamilton College 6,728,681 27
Connecticut College 2,250,000 15
Middlebury College 1,800,000 8
Amherst College - -
Bates College - -
Trinity College - -
Tufts University - -
Wesleyan University - -
Williams College - -
         
19. North Coast Athletic Conference
(27,779,125 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Allegheny 14,939,000 100
Oberlin 12,840,125 54
Denison - -
DePauw - -
Hiram - -
Kenyon - -
Ohio Wesleyan - -
Wabash - -
Whittenberg - -
Wooster - -
 
20. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(27,369,004 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
St. Thomas 14,302,400 43
Augsburg 13,066,604 100
Bethel - -
Carleton - -
Concordia - -
Gustavus Adolphus - -
Hamline - -
Macalester - -
Saint Benefict - -
St. Catherine - -
St. John's - -
St. Mary's - -
St. Olaf - -
 
21. Northwest Conference (26,206,895 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Lewis & Clark 12,375,821 100
Pacific Lutheran 7,764,660 45
Whitman 6,066,414 43
George Fox - -
Linfield - -
Pacific - -
Puget Sound - -
Whitworth - -
Willamette - -
         
22. Mid-American Intercollegiate
Athletics Association
(26,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Central Oklahoma 26,000,000 100
Central Missouri - -
Emporia State - -
Fort Hays State - -
Lincoln - -
Lindenwood - -
Missouri Southern - -
Missouri Western - -
Nebraska Kearney - -
Northeastern State - -
Northwest Missouri - -
Pittsburg State - -
Southwest Baptist - -
Truman - -
Washburn - -
 
23. Mid-American Conference
(25,921,009 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Buffalo 22,150,000 10
Central Michigan 3,771,009 6
Akron - -
Ball State - -
Bowling Green - -
Eastern Michigan - -
Kent State - -
Miami - -
Northern Illinois - -
Ohio - -
Toledo - -
Western Michigan - -
 
24. Sun Belt Conference (23,725,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Denver 15,100,000 34
Middle Tennessee 8,625,000 12
Arkansas State - -
Arkansas Little Rock - -
Florida Atlantic - -
Florida International - -
Louisiana Lafayette - -
Louisiana Monroe - -
North Texas - -
South Alabama - -
Troy - -
Western Kentucky - -
         
25. Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference
(22,040,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Southwestern University 17,900,000 100
Centre College 4,140,000 32
Austin College - -
Birmingham Southern College - -
Colorado College - -
Hendrix College - -
Millsaps College - -
Oglethorpe College - -
Rhodes College - -
Sewanee University of the South - -
Trinity University - -
 
26. Capital Athletic Conference (22,004,727 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
St. Mary's (Md.) 22,004,727 116*
Frostburg - -
Hood - -
Marymount - -
Mary Washington - -
Salisbury - -
Stevenson - -
Wesley - -
York - -
 
27. Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
(15,856,900 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Mercyhurst 15,856,900 100
Bloomsburg - -
California - -
Cheyney - -
Clarion - -
East Stroudsburg - -
Edinboro - -
Gannon - -
IUP - -
Kutztown - -
Lock Haven - -
Mansfield - -
Millersville - -
Shippensburg - -
Slippery Rock - -
West Chester - -
         
28. Atlantic 10
(12,500,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Duquesne University 12,500,000 28
Charlotte - -
Dayton - -
Fordham - -
George Washington - -
La Salle - -
Massachusetts - -
Rhode Island - -
Richmond - -
Saint Joseph's - -
Saint Louis - -
St. Bonaventure - -
Temple - -
Xavier - -
 
29. Great Northeast
Athletic Conference
(12,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Emerson 12,000,000 100
Anna Maria - -
Albertus Magnus - -
Emmanuel - -
Johnson & Wales - -
Lasell - -
Mount Ida - -
Norwich - -
Pine Manor - -
Rivier - -
Saint Joseph's (ME) - -
Saint Joseph (CT) - -
Simmons - -
Suffolk - -
 
30. Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference
(10,483,950 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Georgian Court 6,250,000 110*
Philadelphia 4,233,950 10
Bloomfield - -
Caldwell - -
Chestnut Hill - -
Concordia - -
Dominican - -
Felician - -
Goldey-Beacom - -
Holy Family - -
Nyack - -
Post - -
USciences - -
Wilmington - -

*Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing to purchase green power in an amount exceeding 100 percent of their U.S. organization-wide electricity use are listed as such.

Printable versions of previous College & University Green Power Challenge rankings

For additional information on how your organization can join the Green Power Partnership and become a Top Partner, please visit the Join Us page of this Web site.

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