| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.82 |
| Liaison | Stephanie MacPhee |
| Submission Date | Jan. 7, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Dalhousie University
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Endowment size:
478,000,000
US/Canadian $
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Total campus area:
453.65
Hectares
None
IECC climate region:
Mixed-Humid
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Locale:
Mid-size city
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Gross floor area of building space:
497,674.96
Gross square meters
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Conditioned floor area:
488,325.48
Square meters
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Floor area of laboratory space:
54,263.43
Square meters
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Floor area of healthcare space:
1,350.72
Square meters
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Floor area of other energy intensive space:
67,357.18
Square meters
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Floor area of residential space:
82,862.51
Square meters
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 2 |
| Coal | 63 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 7 |
| Natural gas | 12 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
| Wind | 9 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 7 |
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A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
These % are from electricity supplied to the university from Nova Scotia Power - https://www.nspower.ca/en/home/about-us/how-we-make-electricity/default.aspx
7-9% (4% oil and diesel and 5% imported)
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 8 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 3 |
| Fuel oil | 5 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 84 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
None
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
We have solar thermal systems that pre-heat hot water; solar air and duct system that pre-heats air, and solar pv system that provides electricity to an electric heated house.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Total campus area includes agricultural field acres. These stats include all four campuses. The three urban campuses in downtown Halifax and the Agricultural Campus 100 km away in a rural setting. A few credits include just the Halifax campus as the AC campus merged with Dalhousie recently and baseline data is under establishment.
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