Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 81.96
Liaison Lindsey Lyons
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Dickinson College
PRE-4: Operational Characteristics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Kenneth Shultes
AVP for Sustainability
Sustainability
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Endowment size:
624,581,661 US/Canadian $

Total campus area:
301 Acres

Locale:
Small town

IECC climate zone:
5 - Cool

Gross floor area of building space:
1,975,717 Gross square feet

Floor area of laboratory space:
218,339 Square feet

Floor area of healthcare space:
1,663 Square feet

Floor area of other energy intensive space:
24,738 Square feet

Additional documentation to support the submission :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Total endowment as of 6/30/23 was $624.6M, including pooled and non-pooled endowments. Annual endowment for FY23 is attached.

Campus land total of 301 acres includes 211 acres in Carlisle (main campus, Dickinson Park, athletic fields, buildings, lots, leased properties, trails and woods) plus the 90-acre Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs. An additional 97 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 (112,800), Tome Hall (52,000) and Kaufman Hall (53,539).

Area of healthcare space is the area of our Wellness Center and Health & Counseling Centers (9,300 total and 1,663 for healthcare specifically).

Other energy-intensive spaces include the Dr. Inge P. Stafford Greenhouse for Teaching and Research, Dining Services kitchens and cold storage areas, The Quarry eatery (6,887), the Trout Gallery (2,000) and campus data centers (1,000).

The total campus square footage is taken from the FY22 Building Inventory List, maintained by Facilities Management.


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