Green Power Partnership
Partner Profile
| Northwestern University | |
| Location | Evanston, IL |
| Organization Type | Education (Higher) |
| Percentage Green Power | 30.0% |
| Purchasing Third-Party Certified Green Power Product? | Yes |
| Organization-wide Purchase | Yes |
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| Partner Profile Northwestern University decided to purchase clean, renewable power to further its commitment to environmental sustainability. Northwestern joined the EPA Green Power Partnership in 2006 by purchasing renewable energy certificates (RECs) to cover a significant portion of the campus' power needs. Since then, the University has increased its REC purchase so that it now equates to 30 percent of the campus' energy use and the purchase of 74 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) ranks among the largest college and university purchases in the nation and first among our peers in the Big-10. Northwestern's REC purchase is complimented by an on-site 17 kilowatt (kW) solar array which was the result of a project envisioned and led by students who were members of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) in collaboration with Northwestern's operations team. The University is currently exploring options for on-site geothermal and combined heat and power to further reduce its grid purchased energy and accompanying GHG emmissions. | |