Black Hills State University
OP-8: Building Energy Consumption

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Total building energy consumption, all sources (transportation fuels excluded):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total building energy consumption	69,463 MMBtu	71,302 MMBtu

Purchased electricity and steam:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Grid-purchased electricity	28,867 MMBtu	28,202 MMBtu
District steam/hot water	40,596 MMBtu	43,100 MMBtu

Gross floor area of building space::

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	793,776 Gross square feet	723,718 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year::

	Floor Area
Laboratory space	45,603 Square feet
Healthcare space	367 Square feet
Other energy intensive space

Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F)::

	Degree days (see help icon above)
Heating degree days	5,917
Cooling degree days	1,078

Source-site ratios::

	Source-Site Ratio (see help icon above)
Grid-purchased electricity	3.14
District steam/hot water	1.20

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods)::

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2011	June 30, 2012
Baseline Year	July 1, 2006	June 30, 2007

A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted:
A brief description of any building temperature standards employed by the institution:
A brief description of any light emitting diode (LED) lighting employed by the institution:
A brief description of any occupancy and/or vacancy sensors employed by the institution:
A brief description of any passive solar heating employed by the institution:
A brief description of any ground-source heat pumps employed by the institution:
A brief description of any cogeneration technologies employed by the institution:
A brief description of any building recommissioning or retrofit program employed by the institution:
A brief description of any energy metering and management systems employed by the institution:
A brief description of the institution's program to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives:
A brief description of any energy-efficient landscape design initiatives employed by the institution:
A brief description of any vending machine sensors, lightless machines, or LED-lit machines employed by the institution:
A brief description of other energy conservation and efficiency initiatives employed by the institution:
The website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission: