Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.87
Liaison Amy Parrish
Submission Date July 16, 2021

STARS v2.2

Boise State University
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.79 / 6.00 Brian Entman
Energy Manager
Facilities, Operations and Maintenance
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Part 1. Site energy use per unit of floor area

Performance year energy consumption

Electricity use, performance year (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity 56,278,763 Kilowatt-hours 192,023.14 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems) 25,965 Kilowatt-hours 88.59 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, performance year (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy 205,413 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water 6,509 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:
404,033.73 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
512,861.35 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:
Floor area
Laboratory space 11,896.51 Square meters
Healthcare space 634.34 Square meters
Other energy intensive space 12,292.92 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
550,215.97 Gross square meters

Performance year heating and cooling degree days 

Degree days, performance year:
Degree days
Heating degree days 2,997.78 Degree-Days (°C)
Cooling degree days 603.89 Degree-Days (°C)

Total degree days, performance year:
3,601.67 Degree-Days (°C)

Performance period

Start and end dates of the performance year (or 3-year period):
Start date End date
Performance period July 1, 2018 June 30, 2019

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:
62.93 Btu / GSM / Degree-Day (°C)

Part 2. Reduction in source energy use per unit of floor area

Baseline year energy consumption

STARS 2.2 requires electricity data in kilowatt-hours (kWh). If a baseline has already been established in a previous version of STARS and the institution wishes to continue using it, the electricity data must be re-entered in kWh. To convert existing electricity figures from MMBtu to kWh, simply multiply by 293.07107 MMBtu/kWh.

Electricity use, baseline year (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity 56,266,757 Kilowatt-hours 191,982.17 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, baseline year (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy 162,455 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water 12,949 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:
367,386.17 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:
499,469.85 Gross square meters

Baseline period

Start and end dates of the baseline year (or 3-year period):
Start date End date
Baseline period July 1, 2014 June 30, 2015

A brief description of when and why the energy consumption baseline was adopted:
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Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:
3.14

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:
Site energy Source energy
Performance year 0.79 MMBtu per square meter 1.59 MMBtu per square meter
Baseline year 0.74 MMBtu per square meter 1.56 MMBtu per square meter

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Percentage reduction in total source energy consumption per unit of floor area from baseline:
0

Optional Fields 

Documentation to support the performance year energy consumption figures reported above:
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency:
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A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution:
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A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:
The University is proactively upgrading existing lighting to LED. Lighting retrofits have recently been performed in academic buildings, athletic facilities, and parking garages.

A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:
The University contracts with the City of Boise to use district geothermal water as a heat source for eleven campus buildings. The City administers the nation’s largest geothermal district heating system. Geothermal water supplies heat to building hydronic loops via plate and frame heat exchangers. Generally the high-temperature resource is used directly, but one building has a “cascade” arrangement where low-temperature return water from an adjacent building supplies a water-source heat pump loop. Geothermal water is furnished as an interruptible resource so backup heat is required for each building.

A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution:
The University does not currently employ cogeneration / CHP technologies, but intends to evaluate the feasibility of this technology for future central plant upgrades.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment, and systems with high efficiency alternatives:
Lighting systems are being retrofitted to LEDs as discussed above. Plans for initiatives such as energy auditing, retro-commissioning, systematic HVAC upgrades, and control sequences review are anticipated to be addressed in a forthcoming Energy Management Plan.

Website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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