Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 81.45
Liaison Lindsey Lyons
Submission Date March 1, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Dickinson College
IC-2: Operational Characteristics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Neil Leary
Director
Center for Sustainability Education
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Endowment size:
447,500,000 US/Canadian $

Total campus area:
301 Acres

Locale:
Small town

IECC climate zone:
5 - Cool

Gross floor area of building space:
1,958,339 Gross square feet

Floor area of laboratory space:
220,339 Square feet

Floor area of healthcare space:
1,663 Square feet

Floor area of other energy intensive space:
21,738 Square feet

Additional documentation to support the submission :
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Total endowment as of 6/30/17 was $447.5 million, including pooled and non-pooled endowments. Annual endowment report: http://www.dickinson.edu/download/downloads/id/6451/2017_endowment_report.pdf. Campus land total of 301 acres includes 204 acres in Carlisle (main campus, Dickinson Park, athletic fields, buildings, lots, leased properties, trails and woods) plus the 97 acre Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs. An additional 112 acres of farm land in Boiling Springs owned by Dickinson but rented to a local farmer is not included in our institutional boundary. Area of laboratory space is calculated as the total area of Dickinson's science buildings per AASHE STARS guidance for simplified reporting: Rector Science Complex, Tome Hall and Kaufman Hall. Area of healthcare space is the area of our Wellness Center and is taken from Dickinson's FY2014 Space Planning Study. Other energy intensive spaces includes the Dr. Inge P. Stafford Greenhouse for Teaching and Research, Dining Services kitchens and cold storage areas, and The Quarry eatery.

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