Please join the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies this Thursday, November 2nd, to see how electricity at our sister school at Stevens Point became 100 percent renewable (from 25 percent) in just three years with David Barbier, UW– Stevens Point office of sustainability coordinator.

UW–Stevens Point is focused on sustainability, but the university has missed opportunities for wind and photovoltaic solar installations due to restrictions at the state level and market pressures. Nevertheless, the campus went from a 25 percent renewable electricity portfolio to 100 percent in a matter of just three years by purchasing power in the form of renewable energy credits (RECs). In his lecture our speaker will examine how understanding the campus electricity inputs along with a changing REC market helped UW–Stevens Point achieve in 2016 what seemed impossible in 2013.