Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	74.33
Liaison	Austin Eriksson
Submission Date	Dec. 10, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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California State University, Northridge
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

6.00 / 6.00

Austin Eriksson
Director of Energy and Sustainability
FPDC

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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:

High

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	248,916,448 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	165,785,224 Gallons	248,916,448 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2017	June 30, 2018
Baseline Year	July 1, 2012	June 30, 2013

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:

2013 is being used as the baseline year because the Governors E.O. has established that year as the baseline for the 25% (16% for our local utility) reduction goal in Ca.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	3,050	2,703
Number of employees resident on-site	122	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	5	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	32,408	31,288
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	4,117	2,990
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	3,376	2,850
Weighted campus users	25,659.75	24,246.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	6,460.91 Gallons	10,265.97 Gallons

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

37.06

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	6,202,637 Gross square feet	2,041,469 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	26.73 Gallons per square foot	121.93 Gallons per square foot

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

78.08

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	95 Acres	95 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	2,620,173.14 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:

n/a

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):

CSUN has taken advantage of several of our local utility's rebate programs to install low flow aerators and low flow or waterless urinals campus wide, implementing low flow toilets as well as countless landscape renovations an improvements

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://csun.edu/sustainability

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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