Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.46
Liaison Margaret Bounds
Submission Date March 2, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Connecticut College
OP-22: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.32 / 5.00 Margaret Bounds
Director of Sustainability
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

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use --- 152,609.86 Cubic meters

Potable water use:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 135,853.65 Cubic meters 152,609.86 Cubic meters

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017
Baseline Year July 1, 2012 June 30, 2013

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
This is the baseline selected for our GHG inventory, and we wanted to have as much consistency across credits as possible.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site
Number of employees resident on-site
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education
Weighted campus users

Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user 52.23 Cubic meters 58.12 Cubic meters

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

Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 149,564.54 Gross square meters 133,408.71 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area 0.91 Cubic meters per square meter 1.14 Cubic meters per square meter

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

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 254.95 Hectares 254.95 Hectares

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds Cubic meters per hectare 598.58 Cubic meters per hectare

Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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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:
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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):
The Sustainable Projects Fund, managed by the Student Government Association, paid for 100 new high-efficiency showerheads that were installed in Summer 2016. In the most recent contract for residence hall washing machines, the college chose ultra-high efficiency, energy star certified washers which use approximately 11 gallons of water per load.

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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