2007-2008 College & University Green Power Challenge Champions

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During the 2007-2008 academic year, EPA has tracked the green power purchasing of colleges and universities across collegiate athletic conferences. These conferences and their representative schools are displaying environmental leadership by buying green power to reduce the environmental impacts associated with their conventional electricity use. To take part in the Green Power Challenge, a conference’s member schools must be purchasing a combined total of at least 10 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power.

The leaders listed below have been recognized by EPA as award winners of EPA’s 2007-2008 College & University Green Power Challenge. EPA presented two categories of awards for its 2007-2008 College & University Green Power Challenge:

Individual Conference Champions – To recognize the school that has made the largest individual purchase of green power within a qualifying conference;
Collective Conference Champions – To recognize the conference, and its respective participating schools, whose collective green power purchase was the largest among all participating conferences.

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.

Individual Conference Champions

The following colleges and universities were recognized for their individual green power purchase among all respective 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 Pennsylvania	192,727,000	Ivy League (221,583,000)
New York University	132,000,000	University Athletic Association (147,000,000)
Pennsylvania State University	83,600,000	Big Ten Conference (133,600,000)
Oregon State University	66,680,400	Pacific-10 Conference (84,024,400)
Colby College	17,428,000	New England Small College Athletic Conference (61,890,000)
University of California, Santa Cruz	57,000,000	Association of Division III Independents (59,400,000)
Western Washington University	40,000,000	Great Northwest Athletic Conference (42,841,400)
University of Utah	36,666,000	Mountain West Conference (40,103,466)
Southern Oregon University	17,622,000	Cascade Collegiate Conference (33,828,000)
University of Central Oklahoma	26,000,000	Lone Star Conference (26,000,000)
Syracuse University	22,000,000	Big East Conference (22,000,000)
Southern New Hampshire University	12,000,000	Northeast-10 Conference (16,000,000)
St. Mary’s College of Maryland	15,000,000	Capital Athletic Conference (15,000,000)
University at Buffalo	13,300,000	Mid-American Conference (13,300,000)
Oberlin College	10,856,240	North Coast Athletic Conference (12,806,240)
Duquesne University	12,500,000	Atlantic 10 Conference (12,500,000)
Lewis & Clark College	4,432,000	Northwest Conference (10,518,400)
Rowan University	10,433,673	New Jersey Athletic Conference (10,433,673)

Collective Conference Champions

At more than 220 million kilowatt-hours, the Ivy League conference topped the list with the largest total purchase among all conferences, and earned EPA recognition as the 2007-2008 Collective Conference Champion. The contributing schools for this honor included:

Ivy League (221,583,000)
School	Green Power (kWh)	% Green Power
Pennsylvania	192,727,000	46
Harvard	17,681,000	6
Yale University	11,175,000	6

The Final 2007-2008 College and University Green Power Challenge rankings are available to view and print:

April 2008 Final Rankings (PDF) (1 pp, 93K, About PDF)

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Competing Conferences

The following are the athletic conferences that participated in the 2007-2008 College & University Green Power Challenge.

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	-	-