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2011-2012 College & University Green Power Challenge


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Throughout the 2011-12 academic year, EPAs Green Power Partnership tracked the collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power usage 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.

On April 18, 2012, EPA concluded the Green Power Challenge and recognized a Champion Green Power Conference as well as the largest single green power users within each participating conference as 2011-12 EPA Green Power Challenge conference champions. The Champion Green Power Conference and individual conference champions are all listed below. To be listed, a conference must have at least one Green Power Partner and an aggregate green power use of at least 10 million kWh between conference members.

This list is current as of April 5, 2012. This is the final update for the 2011-12 College & University Green Power Challenge. Stay tuned for information on the 2012-13 Green Power Challenge!

Individual Conference Champions

The following colleges and universities were recognized for having the largest individual green power purchase among all the schools in their conference. EPA applauds these schools for taking a leadership role in their conference and in supporting a better environmental future:

Individual Conference Champions
School Green Power (kWh) Conference (kWh total)
University of Utah 98,255,850 Pac-12 Conference (228,529,651)
Northwestern University 74,311,195 Big 10 Conference (213,707,149)
University of Pennsylvania 200,194,600 Ivy League (200,194,600)
Carnegie Mellon 119,515,000 University Athletic Association (119,515,000)
University of Oklahoma 97,201,680 Big 12 Conference (113,001,780)
Drexel University 84,268,000 Colonial Athletic Association (93,371,000)
Dickinson 18,000,000 Centennial Conference (70,349,590)
University of Maryland 66,000,000 Atlantic Coast Conference (66,122,500)
Georgetown University 36,511,500 Big East Conference (63,211,500)
The Catholic University of America 43,000,00 Landmark Conference (59,012,000)
American University 54,033,500 Patriot League (58,040,250)
University at Buffalo 44,120,000 Mid-American Conference (47,891,009)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges 12,001,400 Liberty League (42,279,740)
Western Washington University 40,000,000 Great Northwest Athletic Conference (40,00,000)
Quinnipiac University 37,744,000 Northeast Conference (39,488,682)
Adelphi University 20,263,800 Northeast-10 Conference (38,284,300)
Santa Clara University 30,024,959 West Coast Conference (34,640,359)
University of St. Thomas 14,302,400 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (31,325,711)
Allegheny College 14,939,000 North Coast Athletic Conference (27,779,125)
University of Central Oklahoma 26,000,000 Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association (26,000,000)
Evergreen 14,141,400 Cascade Collegiate Conference (25,397,040)
Lewis & Clark College 12,375,821 Northwest Conference (25,380,040)
University of Denver 15,100,000 Sun Belt Conference (23,725,000)
Southwestern University 17,900,000 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (22,040,000)
St. Marys College of Maryland 22,004,727 Capital Athletic Conference (22,004,727)
Colby College 7,578,077 New England Small College Athletic Conference (18,356,758)
Mercyhurst College 15,856,900 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (15,856,900)
Duquesne University 12,500,000 Atlantic 10 Conference (12,500,000)
Chatham 12,000,000 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (12,000,000)
Emerson College 12,000,000 Presidents Athletic Conference (12,000,000)

 

Collective Conference Champions

At more than 228 million kilowatt-hours, the Pac-12 conference topped the list with the largest total purchase among all conferences, and earned EPA recognition as the 2011-2012 Collective Conference Champion. The contributing schools for this honor included:

Pac-12 (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 6

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Competing Conferences

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

1. 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 - -
 
2. Big Ten Conference
(213,707,149 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Northwestern 74,311,195 30
Wisconsin 69,891,200 16
Ohio State 60,810,000 10
Iowa/Main Campus Buildings 8,694,754 3
Illinois - -
Indiana - -
Michigan - -
Michigan State - -
Minnesota - -
Nebraska - -
Penn State - -
Purdue - -
 
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. Big 12 Conference
(113,001,780 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Oklahoma 97,201,680 56
Iowa State 15,800,100 8
Baylor - -
Kansas - -
Kansas State - -
Missouri - -
Oklahoma State - -
Texas - -
Texas A&M - -
Texas Tech - -
 
6. 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 - -
         
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
(66,122,672 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Maryland 66,000,000 26
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 (63,211,500 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
(59,012,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Catholic University 43,000,000 100
Goucher College 11,202,000 100
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. Mid-American Conference
(47,891009 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Buffalo 44,120,000 20
Central Michigan 3,771,009 6
Akron - -
Ball State - -
Bowling Green - -
Eastern Michigan - -
Kent State - -
Miami - -
Northern Illinois - -
Ohio - -
Toledo - -
Western Michigan - -
         
13. Liberty League
(42,279,740 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Hobart and William Smith Colleges 12,001,400 108*
Rochester Institute of Technology 11,539,000 15
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. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(31,325,711 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
St. Thomas 14,302,400 43
Augsburg 12,823,311 100
Bethel - -
Carleton - -
Concordia - -
Gustavus Adolphus - -
Hamline - -
Macalester - -
Saint Benefict - -
St. Catherine - -
St. John's - -
St. Mary's - -
St. Olaf - -
         
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. 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 - -
 
21. Cascade Collegiate Conference
(25,397,040 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Evergreen 14,141,400 100
Southern Oregon 11,255,640 104*
College of Idaho - -
Concordia - -
Corban - -
Eastern Oregon - -
Northwest - -
Northwest Christian - -
Oregon Tech - -
Warner Pacific - -
         
22. Northwest Conference
(25,380,234 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Lewis & Clark 12,375,821 100
Pacific Lutheran 7,764,660 45
Whitman 5,239,753 36
George Fox - -
Linfield - -
Pacific - -
Puget Sound - -
Whitworth - -
Willamette - -
 
23. 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 - -
 
24. 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 - -
         
25. 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 - -
 
26. New England Small College Athletic Conference
(18,356,758 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
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 - -
Bowdoin College - -
Trinity College - -
Tufts University - -
Wesleyan University - -
Williams College - -
 
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 (tie). 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 - -
 
29 (tie). Presidents' Athletic
Conference
(12,000,000 kWh)
School Green Power (kWh) % Green Power
Chatham 12,000,000 100
Bethany - -
Geneva - -
Grove City - -
Saint Vincent - -
Thiel - -
Thomas More - -
Washington & Jefferson - -
Waynesburg - -
Westminster - -

*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.

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