Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	50.32
Liaison	Kirk Hemphill
Submission Date	April 24, 2020

STARS v2.2

Florida Institute of Technology
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

2.50 / 4.00

"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Level of ”Physical Risk Quantity” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	55,359,500 Gallons	47,135,702 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	49,072,400 Gallons	46,930,802 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	May 1, 2018	April 30, 2019
Baseline Period	May 1, 2015	April 30, 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:

The baselines were chosen to correspond with the energy baselines Facilities Operations had established to ensure consistency.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,573	1,454
Number of employees resident on-site	3	2
Number of other individuals resident on-site	68	68
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	7,152.93	4,138
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,132	791
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,753.35	1,213
Weighted campus users	5,360.68	3,219

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	9,154.13 Gallons	14,579.31 Gallons

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

37.21

Part 2. Reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	1,961,594 Gross square feet	1,382,379.57 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	25.02 Gallons per square foot	33.95 Gallons per square foot

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

26.31

Part 3. Reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	28 Acres	28 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	1,977,125 Gallons per acre	1,683,417.93 Gallons per acre

Percentage reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:

-17.45

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

Florida Institute of Technology distributed the first University Sustainability Guide to on campus students during the Fall 2016 move in. This guide provided tips and showcased how the university was trying to reduce their overall water consumption.

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

At a few off-campus locations, the university has access to reclaimed water from the City of Melbourne, FL. The city is planning on running a reclaimed water line to the heart of the university's main campus, but that is a future initiative. Well water is the source of campus grounds irrigation and is not metered.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

The university in past years had partnered with Siemens as part of the performance contract was the replacement of older plumbing fixtures with newer, low flow designed fixtures and fittings. This is an on going endeavor across campus as systems fail and need replaced, low flow fittings and fixtures are installed.

Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts is available:

http://www.fit.edu/sustainability/documents/Sustainability%20Guide%20Web%20high%20res.pdf

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data is sourced from campus Facilities Operations Department and the Office of Institutional Research.

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