Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.92
Liaison Leila Lamoureux
Submission Date Dec. 9, 2024

STARS v3.0

Babson College
OP-3: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.43 / 6.00 Leila Lamoureux
Director, Sustainability & Campus Utilization • Administration
Facilities
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3.1 Potable water use per person

Level of water quantity risk for the institution’s main campus:
Medium-high

Performance year for water use:
2024

Peer group:
Master’s colleges and universities

Potable water from off-site sources:
142,445 Cubic meters

Reclaimed water from off-site sources:
0 Cubic meters

Other off-site water sources:
0 Cubic meters

Potable water from on-site sources:
0 Cubic meters

Other on-site water sources:
0 Cubic meters

Full-time equivalent student enrollment:
3,597

Full-time equivalent of employees:
895

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:

Annual potable water use:
142,445 Cubic meters

Full-time equivalent students and employees:
4,492

Annual potable water use per person:
31,710.82 Liters

Points earned for indicator OP 3.1:
0.95

3.2 Potable water use per square meter

Gross floor area of building space:
166,736.82 Square meters

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:

Annual potable water use per unit of floor area:
854.31 Liters per square meter

Points earned for indicator OP 3.2:
1.14

3.3 Systems for water recovery and return

Does the institution harvest rainwater on-site for storage and use?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s on-site rainwater harvesting systems:
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Does the institution recover water on-site for reuse?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s on-site water recovery and reuse systems:
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Does the institution collect and return water to surface water or groundwater through on-site green infrastructure?:
Yes

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s on-site green infrastructure:

Babson also has over 10 acres of detention basins on campus to manage storm water. We have several locations where underground water recharge chambers have been installed. Drains are equipped with oil and water separators to prevent oil picked up by storm water from entering the storm water system


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 3.3:
0.33

3.4 Ratio of water recovered/returned to total water withdrawal 

Does the institution have methodologies in place to estimate or model the annual volume of water recovered and/or returned on-site?:
No

Narrative outlining the methodologies used to estimate or model the annual volume of water recovered and/or returned on-site:
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Estimated volume of rainwater harvested on-site for storage and use:
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Estimated volume of water recovered on-site for reuse:
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Estimated volume of water collected and returned through on-site green infrastructure:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:

Annual volume of water recovered and/or returned:
0 Cubic meters

Total water withdrawal:
142,445 Cubic meters

Ratio of water recovered/returned to total water withdrawal:
0

Points earned for indicator OP 3.4:
0

Optional documentation

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