Green power makes for a cleaner UCO
Lyndsay Gillum
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: Front Page
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UCO was awarded membership to the 2006 Green Power Leadership Club and has joined the elite group of Green Power Partners who demonstrate excellent environmental leadership.
The Green Power Leadership Club is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Partnering with EPA's Green Power Partnership is an effective way to demonstrate environmental guidance and reduce its impact on the environment.
"Green power is electricity generated from renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, and low-impact hydro sources," according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's website. "Green power offers electricity users a choice to support newer technologies that capture renewable energy sources to create electricity."
According to EPA's website, UCO's green power transaction is one of the largest purchases by a college or university in the nation. UCO is also purchasing 100 percent of its power from wind, or 26,000 megawatts-hours of green power annually.
UCO was the only university in the Lonestar Conference to participate in EPA's 2006 College and University Green Power Challenge. The Green Power Challenge recognizes the collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power purchases in the nation.
According to EPA's website, purchasing green power is a flexible and effective strategy for schools pursuing 'greening the campus' initiatives or seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with their operations. Their actions are helping drive the development of new renewable electricity generation.
In addition to its green power purchase, UCO also has onsite bio-diesel production, works with a performance contractor to increase its energy performance and employs ENERGY-STAR-labeled products, EPA's website read.
Now one of the only two representatives in the state, UCO was the first Green Power representative in Oklahoma on May 6, 2006.
"We are using 100 percent wind energy in order to decrease our country's dependency on non-green energy sources and set an example for our students and community," UCO Executive Vice President Steve Kreidler said in a press release dated Jan. 24, 2007.
The Green Power Leadership Club is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Partnering with EPA's Green Power Partnership is an effective way to demonstrate environmental guidance and reduce its impact on the environment.
"Green power is electricity generated from renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, and low-impact hydro sources," according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's website. "Green power offers electricity users a choice to support newer technologies that capture renewable energy sources to create electricity."
According to EPA's website, UCO's green power transaction is one of the largest purchases by a college or university in the nation. UCO is also purchasing 100 percent of its power from wind, or 26,000 megawatts-hours of green power annually.
UCO was the only university in the Lonestar Conference to participate in EPA's 2006 College and University Green Power Challenge. The Green Power Challenge recognizes the collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power purchases in the nation.
According to EPA's website, purchasing green power is a flexible and effective strategy for schools pursuing 'greening the campus' initiatives or seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with their operations. Their actions are helping drive the development of new renewable electricity generation.
In addition to its green power purchase, UCO also has onsite bio-diesel production, works with a performance contractor to increase its energy performance and employs ENERGY-STAR-labeled products, EPA's website read.
Now one of the only two representatives in the state, UCO was the first Green Power representative in Oklahoma on May 6, 2006.
"We are using 100 percent wind energy in order to decrease our country's dependency on non-green energy sources and set an example for our students and community," UCO Executive Vice President Steve Kreidler said in a press release dated Jan. 24, 2007.
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