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:
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.
This list is current as of October 8, 2008. The next update to the 2008-09 College & University Green Power Challenge is scheduled for January 2009.
1. Ivy League
(230,031,000 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Pennsylvania |
192,727,000 |
46 |
Harvard |
26,129,000 |
8 |
Yale University |
11,175,000 |
6 |
Brown |
- |
- |
Columbia |
- |
- |
Cornell |
- |
- |
Dartmouth |
- |
- |
Princeton |
- |
- |
|
|
2. University Athletic Association
(158,669,500 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
New York University |
132,000,000 |
100 |
Carnegie Mellon |
21,000,000 |
21 |
University of Rochester |
5,669,500 |
2 |
Brandeis |
- |
- |
Case Western Reserve |
- |
- |
Emory |
- |
- |
University of Chicago |
- |
- |
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. Association of Division III Independents
(57,000,000 kWh) |
School |
Green
Power
(kWh) |
%
Green Power |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
57,000,000 |
100 |
California State University, East Bay |
- |
- |
Chapman University |
- |
- |
University of Dallas |
- |
- |
Finlandia University |
- |
- |
Lancaster Bible College |
- |
- |
La Sierra University |
- |
- |
University of Maine,
Presque Isle |
- |
- |
Menlo College |
- |
- |
Mills College |
- |
- |
Mount Mary College |
- |
- |
Nebraska Wesleyan University |
- |
- |
College of New Rochelle |
- |
- |
College of St. Elizabeth |
- |
- |
St. Joseph's College
(Brooklyn) |
- |
- |
Salem College |
- |
- |
Trinity College (DC) |
- |
- |
|
|
6. New England Small College Athletic Conference
(50,698,000 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Colby College |
17,428,000 |
115 |
Connecticut College |
15,000,000 |
100 |
Bowdoin College |
12,570,000 |
66 |
Hamilton College |
4,700,000 |
18 |
Wesleyan University |
1,000,000 |
4 |
Amherst College |
- |
- |
Bates College |
- |
- |
Middlebury College |
- |
- |
Trinity College |
- |
- |
Tufts University |
- |
- |
Williams 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
(42,070,466 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Utah |
38,333,000 |
14 |
Colorado State |
3,737,466 |
2 |
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. Mid-American Conference
(29,850,000 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Buffalo |
29,850,000 |
14 |
Akron |
- |
- |
Ball State |
- |
- |
Bowling Green |
- |
- |
Central Michigan |
- |
- |
Eastern Michigan |
- |
- |
Kent State |
- |
- |
Miami |
- |
- |
Northern Illinois |
- |
- |
Ohio |
- |
- |
Toledo |
- |
- |
Western Michigan |
- |
- |
|
|
11. 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 |
- |
- |
|
|
12. Big East Conference (22,800,000 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Syracuse |
22,800,000 |
20 |
Cincinnati |
- |
- |
Connecticut |
- |
- |
DePaul |
- |
- |
Georgetown |
- |
- |
Louisville |
- |
- |
Marquette |
- |
- |
Notre Dame |
- |
- |
Pittsburgh |
- |
- |
Providence |
- |
- |
Rutgers |
- |
- |
St. John's |
- |
- |
Seton Hall |
- |
- |
USF |
- |
- |
Villanova |
- |
- |
West Virginia |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13. Northeast-10 Conference (16,520,500 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Southern New Hampshire |
12,000,000 |
100 |
University of Massachusetts – Lowell |
4,000,000 |
13 |
Saint Rose |
520,500 |
10 |
American International |
- |
- |
Assumption |
- |
- |
Bentley |
- |
- |
Bryant |
- |
- |
Franklin Pierce |
- |
- |
Le Moyne |
- |
- |
Merrimack |
- |
- |
Pace |
- |
- |
Saint Anselm |
- |
- |
Saint Michael's |
- |
- |
Southern Connecticut State |
- |
- |
Stonehill |
- |
- |
|
|
14. Sun Belt Conference (15,000,000 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Denver |
15,000,000 |
31 |
Arkansas State |
- |
- |
Arkansas Litle Rock |
- |
- |
Florida Atlantic |
- |
- |
Louisiana |
- |
- |
Louisiana Monroe |
- |
- |
Middle Tennessee |
- |
- |
New Orleans |
- |
- |
North Texas |
- |
- |
South Alabama |
- |
- |
Troy |
- |
- |
Western Kentucky |
- |
- |
|
|
15. 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 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16. Landmark Conference
(13,540,000 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
Catholic University |
10,660,000 |
26 |
Juniata College |
2,880,000 |
30 |
Drew University |
- |
- |
Goucher College |
- |
- |
Moravian College |
- |
- |
Susquehanna University |
- |
- |
University of Scranton |
- |
- |
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy |
- |
- |
|
|
17. 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 |
- |
- |
|
|
18. 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 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19. Patriot League
(11,000,000 kWh) |
School |
Green Power (kWh) |
% Green Power |
American |
11,000,000 |
25 |
Army |
- |
- |
Bucknell |
- |
- |
Colgate |
- |
- |
Holy Cross |
- |
- |
Lafayette |
- |
- |
Lehigh |
- |
- |
Navy |
- |
- |
|
|
20. 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 |
- |
- |
|
|
21. 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 |
- |
- |
Ramapo College |
- |
- |
Richard Stockton |
- |
- |
Rutgers- Camden |
- |
- |
Rutgers- Newark |
- |
- |
The College of New Jersey |
|
|
William Patterson |
- |
- |
|
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