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Auraria Higher Education Center, which houses the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver and University of Colorado at Denver, announced the campus increased its commitment to purchase renewable energy equivalent to 100 percent of its expected annual electricity use. Under a three-year contract, Renewable Choice Energy (RCE), a Boulder, Colorado-based renewable energy marketer, is supplying the Auraria campus with 40 million kWh of renewable energy certificates (RECs) sourced from wind energy projects nationally. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, the student-lead initiative made Auraria Campus the top Colorado college campus green power purchaser and ranked it seventh nationally among colleges and universities.
Since fall 2004, students have paid an additional $1 to $4 fee per semester to fund a variety of sustainability programs. In April 2007, more than 90 percent of students at the campus voted to renew and expand the sustainable campus program, which included the 3-year renewable energy contract.
News Release - Auraria Leads Colorado Campuses as Top Buyer of Wind Energy, Ranks 7th in Nation
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Additional Information - BOT Approves Sustainable Campus fee
Contact: Jacque Montgomery, 303-724-1528
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