Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	67.35
Liaison	Laurie Husted
Submission Date	June 9, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Bard College
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

3.09 / 5.00

Dan Smith
Energy Efficiency Coordinator
Office of Sustainability

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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:

Medium to High

Part 1

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	45,277,823 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	40,374,062 Gallons	45,277,823 Gallons

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	Jan. 1, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Baseline Year	Jan. 1, 2009	Dec. 31, 2009

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:

Baseline year of 2009 is prior to install of new Water Treatment Plant (constructed from Jan 2010 to Jan 2011). Performance year 2015 has the most recent complete & accurate water consumption records. Performance year values: Student populations = FY2015/16 data Fac/Staff populations = FY2015/16 data Building square footage = FY2015/16 data

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,395	1,410
Number of employees resident on-site	32	39
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	40	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	2,110.50	1,662
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	983.50	590
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	2,717.25	2,051.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	14,858.43 Gallons	22,073.28 Gallons

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

32.69

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	1,205,697 Gross square feet	1,155,993 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	33.49 Gallons per square foot	39.17 Gallons per square foot

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

14.51

Part 3

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):

Yes

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	22,871,273 Acres	22,803,110 Acres

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	0 Gallons per acre	1.99 Gallons per acre

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:

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A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:

We use water directly from the Sawkill River to irrigate plantings that supplements hoses - 80% of how we irrigate.

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):

When application allows, low- or no-flow fixtures and equipment are used. -In 2011, Bard completed install of new water treatment facility, boosting water/energy efficiency significantly reducing is water consumption (in particular, reduced water needed for cleaning and back-washing of facility. -In 2013, all urinals were replaced with waterless urinals.

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:

The data inconsistency between IC2 Gross Floor Building Space and subsequent credits (OP1, OP3, OP5, and OP22) is due to the fact the IC2 values represent Bard as it exists in FY2016/17 at the time of STARS submission, and the Performance Year values are for FY2015/16 (i.e. the most recent and complete set of data, 1 full year, for GHG emissions and energy consumption). In particular, this is due to the purchase/addition of the Montgomery Place property to the Bard Campus in January 2016, when additional acreage and buildings were added. IC2 “gross floor building space” is value for FY2016/17 = 1,248,230 ft2 (i.e. after purchase of Montgomery Place property). Performance Year “gross floor building space” is value for FY2015/16 = 1,204,980 ft2 (i.e. before purchase of Montgomery Place property).