Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	39.55
Liaison	Gabrielle Lommel
Submission Date	June 28, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Concordia College - Moorhead
OP-22: Water Use

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Score

Responsible Party

0.00 / 5.00

Brett Drevlow
STARS Intern
Office of Sustainability

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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:

Medium to High

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	29,629,514 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	25,633,413 Gallons	25,633,413 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	Oct. 1, 2015	Oct. 1, 2016
Baseline Year	Oct. 1, 2015	Oct. 1, 2016

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:

Concordia does not hold past information for water use. The baseline will begin this year, as a system to record electronically on a yearly basis will be implemented.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,304	1,304
Number of employees resident on-site	8	8
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	1	1
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	2,092	2,092
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	584.50	584.50
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	2,336.38	2,336.38

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	10,971.45 Gallons	10,971.45 Gallons

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

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	1,483,170 Gross square feet	1,483,170 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	17.28 Gallons per square foot	17.28 Gallons per square foot

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

Part 3

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	---	---

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	---	---

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:

Installation of bottle filling stations when replacing water coolers to reduce disposable water bottle usage/encourage reusable water containers.

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

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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):

Concordia Dining Services recently installed two high efficiency commercial dishwashers in Anderson Commons, the main dining hall. This will help to decrease the amount of water used.

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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