Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.19
Liaison Christina Erickson
Submission Date June 6, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Champlain College
OP-26: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.56 / 2.00 Tom Bonnette
Director
Physical Plant
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Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:
Low

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use 10,938,456 Gallons 10,073,357 Gallons

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Potable water use::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 10,938,456 Gallons 10,073,357 Gallons

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 1,180 841
Number of residential employees 6 6
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 3,175 1,999
Full-time equivalent of employees 465 385
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 949 450

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Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 714,260 Square feet 537,137 Square feet

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Area of vegetated grounds::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds 12.60 Acres 8 Acres

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2014 June 30, 2015
Baseline Year July 1, 2006 June 30, 2007

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A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
First year of data collection.

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Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:
0 Gallons

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Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:
0 Gallons

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A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:
Most of Champlain's 44 buildings have their own water meter. 3 of them share a meter with another building.

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A brief description of any building retrofit practices employed by the institution, e.g. to install high efficiency plumbing fixtures and fittings:
All shower heads were replaced with low flow fixtures in 2007. Control the modulation of boiler water temperatures. Regulate hot water discharge with hot water mixing valves. Replaced all campus washing machines with high efficiency models. See http://www.champlain.edu/student-life/campus-and-community-programs/sustain-champlain/programs-sustain-champlain/campus-operations

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A brief description of any policies or programs employed by the institution to replace appliances, equipment and systems with water-efficient alternatives:
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A brief description of any water-efficient landscape design practices employed by the institution (e.g. xeriscaping):
Native plantings are preferred for all new design and installation.

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A brief description of any weather-informed irrigation technologies employed by the institution:
In general, we do not irrigate except when there are new plantings and they are first installed.

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A brief description of other water conservation and efficiency strategies employed by the institution:
Continue to install water conservation/efficient fixtures.

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The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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