Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.83
Liaison Hannah Spirrison
Submission Date March 29, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Antioch College
OP-22: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.19 / 4.00 Jackie Ashworth
Director, Physical Plant
Physical Plant
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Level of ”Physical Risk QUANTITY” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:
Low to Medium

Part 1 

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use --- 3,808,367 Gallons

Potable water use:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 2,916,000 Gallons 3,808,367 Gallons

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2017 Dec. 31, 2017
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2014 Dec. 31, 2016

If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
The 3-year period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 is used as the water consumption baseline for consistency across all sustainability reporting.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site 76 209
Number of employees resident on-site 3 4
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds 19 18
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 133 240
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) 131 167
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 0 0
Weighted campus users 236.75 376.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user 12,316.79 Gallons 10,115.18 Gallons

Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Part 2 

Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 388,246 Gross square feet 371,761 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area 7.51 Gallons per square foot 10.24 Gallons per square foot

Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
26.68

Part 3 

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):
No

Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds --- ---

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds --- ---

Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:
Global seminars on water conservation. Class projects that included study of water usage in dorms. Multiple water bottle refilling stations across campus to incentivize consumption of tap water versus bottled water.

A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
Rain garden at Wellness Center captures storm run off.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives (e.g. building retrofits):
33100 square feet of building space retrofitted with waterless urnials in men's bathrooms.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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