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2008-2009 College & University Green Power Challenge


Learn more about EPA’s Partner Initiatives:

Throughout the 2008-09 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 be listed, a conference must have an aggregate green power purchase of at least 10 million kWh across the conference. All purchasers must be Green Power Partners in good standing.

In the spring 2009, EPA will conclude the Green Power Challenge and recognize participating institutions as 2008-09 EPA Green Power Challenge Champions in two separate categories:

  1. Champion Green Power Conference – compares the collective purchases between athletic conferences, recognizing the largest collective purchase among eligible conferences
  2. Individual Conference Champions – compares the eligible green power purchasing between institutions in an athletic conference, recognizing the largest individual institutional purchaser

How can my institution get involved?

Schools interested in taking part in the 2008-2009 College & University Green Power Challenge can start by purchasing green power and partnering with EPA. For more information please visit the Join Us Web page, or contact Blaine Collison (collison.blaine@epa.gov) at 202-343-9139.

The top conferences are listed below. This list is current as of April 8, 2008. EPA will update the 2008-09 College & University Challenge rankings on a quarterly basis. The next update is scheduled for July 2008.

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1. Ivy League
(221,583,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Pennsylvania 192,727,000 46
Harvard 17,681,000 6
Yale University 11,175,000 6
Brown - -
Columbia - -
Cornell - -
Dartmouth - -
Princeton - -
 
2. University Athletic Association
(147,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
New York University 132,000,000 100
Carnegie Mellon 15,000,000 15
Brandeis - -
Case Western Reserve - -
Emory - -
University of Chicago - -
University of Rochester - -
Washington University - -
 
3. Big Ten Conference
(133,600,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Penn State 83,600,000 20
Northwestern 40,000,000 20
Iowa 10,000,000 3
Michigan    
Illinois - -
Indiana - -
Michigan State - -
Minnesota - -
Ohio State - -
Purdue - -
Wisconsin - -
         
4. Pacific-10 Conference (84,024,400 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Oregon State 66,680,400 74
Washington 14,956,000 6
Oregon 2,378,000 4
Stanford / Synergy House 10,000 11
Arizona - -
Arizona State - -
California - -
UCLA - -
USC - -
Washington State - -
 
5. New England Small College Athletic Conference
(61,890,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Colby College 17,428,000 115
Connecticut College 15,000,000 100
Bates College 13,187,000 96
Bowdoin College 12,570,000 66
Hamilton College 2,705,000 10
Wesleyan University 1,000,000 4
Amherst College - -
Middlebury College - -
Trinity College - -
Tufts University - -
Williams College - -
 
6. Association of Division III Independents
(59,400,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
University of California, Santa Cruz 57,000,000 100
Green Mountain College 1,200,000 60
Milwaukee School of Engineering 1,200,000 7
California State University, East Bay - -
Chapman University - -
Clarke College - -
Colorado College - -
University of Dallas - -
Finlandia University - -
La Sierra University - -
Lincoln University - -
University of Maine,
Presque Isle		 - -
Menlo College - -
Meredith College - -
Mills College - -
Mitchell College - -
Mount Mary College - -
Nebraska Wesleyan University - -
College of New Rochelle - -
Newbury College - -
College of St. Elizabeth - -
St. Joseph's College
(Brooklyn)		 - -
St. Joseph's College (Maine) - -
Salem College - -
Southern Vermont College - -
         
7. Great Northwest Athletic Conference (42,841,400 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Western Washington 40,000,000 100
Seattle University 2,841,400 16
Alaska Anchorage - -
Alaska Fairbanks - -
Central Washington - -
NW Nazarene - -
Saint Martins - -
Seattle Pacific - -
Western Oregon - -
 
8. Mountain West Conference
(40,103,466 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Utah 36,666,000 15
Colorado State / Housing & Dining Services 3,437,466 27
Air Force - -
BYU - -
New Mexico - -
San Diego State - -
TCU - -
UNLV - -
Wyoming - -
 
9. Cascade Collegiate Conference (33,828,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Southern Oregon 17,622,000 54
Evergreen 16,206,000 100
Albertson - -
Cascade - -
Concordia - -
Corban - -
Eastern Oregon - -
Northwest - -
Oregon Tech - -
Warner Pacific - -
         
10. Lone Star Conference (26,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Central Oklahoma 26,000,000 100
Abilene Christian - -
Angelo State - -
Cameron - -
East Central - -
Eastern New Mexico - -
Midwestern State - -
Northeastern State - -
Southeastern Oklahoma - -
Southwestern Oklahoma - -
Tarleton State - -
Texas A&M-Commerce - -
Texas A&M-Kingsville - -
Texas Woman's - -
West Texas A&M - -
 
11. Big East Conference (22,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Syracuse 22,000,000 22
Cincinnati - -
Connecticut - -
DePaul - -
Georgetown - -
Louisville - -
Marquette - -
Notre Dame - -
Pittsburgh - -
Providence - -
Rutgers - -
St. John's - -
Seton Hall - -
USF - -
Villanova - -
West Virginia - -
 
12. Northeast-10 Conference (16,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Southern New Hampshire 12,000,000 100
University of Massachusetts – Lowell 4,000,000 13
American International - -
Assumption - -
Bentley - -
Bryant - -
Franklin Pierce - -
Le Moyne - -
Merrimack - -
Pace - -
Saint Anselm - -
Saint Michael's - -
Southern Connecticut State - -
Stonehill - -
Saint Rose - -
         
13. Capital Athletic Conference (15,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
St. Mary's (Md.) 15,000,000 100
Gallaudet - -
Hood - -
Marymount - -
Mary Washington - -
Salisbury - -
Villa Julie - -
Wesley - -
York - -
 
14. Mid-American Conference (13,300,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Buffalo 13,300,000 6
Akron - -
Ball State - -
Bowling Green - -
Central Michigan - -
Eastern Michigan - -
Kent State - -
Miami - -
Northern Illinois - -
Ohio - -
Toledo - -
Western Michigan - -
 
15. North Coast Athletic Conference (12,806,240 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Oberlin 10,856,240 44
Allegheny 1,950,000 15
Denison - -
Earlham - -
Hiram - -
Kenyon - -
Ohio Wesleyan - -
Wabash - -
Whittenberg - -
Wooster - -
         
16. 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 - -
 
17. Northwest Conference (10,518,400 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Lewis & Clark 4,432,000 29
Pacific Lutheran 3,444,000 20
Whitman 2,642,400 24
George Fox - -
Menlo - -
Linfield - -
Pacific - -
Puget Sound - -
Whitworth - -
Willamette - -
 
18. New Jersey Athletic Conference (10,433,673 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Rowan 10,433,673 25
Kean - -
Mont Clair State - -
New Jersey City - -
Richard Stockton - -
Rutgers- Camden - -
Rutgers- Newark - -
The College of New Jersey - -
William Patterson - -

Printable versions of previous College & University Green Power Challenge rankings

For additional information on how your organization can join these Top Partners as Green Power Partners, please visit the Join Us page of this Web site.

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