Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	52.81
Liaison	Stephan Classen
Submission Date	Oct. 14, 2021

STARS v2.2

Cascadia College
OP-21: Water Use

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Kathryn Beames
Sustainability Intern
Sustainability

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Level of ”Physical Risk Quantity” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	9,365.48 Cubic meters	655.74 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	9,184.26 Cubic meters	655.74 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Baseline Period	Feb. 20, 2017	Feb. 20, 2018

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:

With calculation updates - this 2019 calendar year is our new baseline year to measure from. It was unaffected by COVID, and takes into account our campus' shared buildings, which our 2018 report likely did not. For this report, we are still using the 2017-2018 year as previously, which is likely missing shared building water use.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	0	0
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	2,522	2,984
Full-time equivalent of employees	174	157
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	252	0
Weighted campus users	1,833	2,355.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	5.01 Cubic meters	0.28 Cubic meters

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

Part 2. Reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	31,451.94 Gross square meters	31,451.94 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	0.29 Cubic meters per square meter	0.02 Cubic meters per square meter

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

Part 3. Reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	38.54 Hectares	38.54 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	243 Cubic meters per hectare	17.01 Cubic meters per hectare

Percentage reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:

-1,328.23

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

We have 'push to flush' water-saving campaigns in our bathrooms on campus that include information about how much water has been saved using this practice.

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

We capture rain water in our LEED Platinum building, CC3, and use it to flush the toilets and for irrigation. This is just 1 building of 3 core buildings and multiple shared buildings (unfortunately).

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

Our campus is twenty years old and our buildings were built using water efficient fixtures.

Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts is available:

https://www.uwb.edu/sustainability/campus-operations/water/water-conservation

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