| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.87 |
| Liaison | Amy Parrish |
| Submission Date | July 16, 2021 |
Boise State University
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.79 / 6.00 |
Brian
Entman Energy Manager Facilities, Operations and Maintenance |
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:
Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:
| Floor area | |
| Laboratory space | 128,053 Square feet |
| Healthcare space | 6,828 Square feet |
| Other energy intensive space | 132,320 Square feet |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
Degree days, performance year:
| Degree days | |
| Heating degree days | 5,396 Degree-Days (°F) |
| Cooling degree days | 1,087 Degree-Days (°F) |
Total degree days, performance year:
Start and end dates of the performance year (or 3-year period):
| Start date | End date | |
| Performance period | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2019 |
Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:
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:
Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:
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:
Source-site ratio for imported electricity:
Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:
| Site energy | Source energy | |
| Performance year | 0.07 MMBtu per square foot | 0.15 MMBtu per square foot |
| Baseline year | 0.07 MMBtu per square foot | 0.14 MMBtu per square foot |
Percentage reduction in total source energy consumption per unit of floor area from baseline:
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:
A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution:
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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