Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	65.91
Liaison	Elizabeth Swiman
Submission Date	Dec. 19, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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Florida State University
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

1.66 / 4.00

Stacy Slavichak
Water Resources Manager
Utilities and Engineering Services

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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:

Low to Medium

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	302,768,380 Gallons	539,954,130 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	227,303,380 Gallons	249,974,900 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2017	June 30, 2018
Baseline Year	July 1, 2007	June 30, 2008

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:

FY 2007-08 reflects the first year where data is anticipated to be accurate.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	6,733	6,613
Number of employees resident on-site	12	22
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	35,340	39,413
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	6,670	6,638
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	2,461	1,190.80
Weighted campus users	31,348	35,303.90

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	7,250.97 Gallons	7,080.66 Gallons

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

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	13,539,980 Gross square feet	13,787,288 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	16.79 Gallons per square foot	18.13 Gallons per square foot

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

7.41

Part 3

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	1,085.33 Acres	1,123.06 Acres

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	278,964.35 Gallons per acre	480,788.32 Gallons per acre

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

41.98

Optional Fields

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:

Take Back the Tap, a student group supported by Sustainable Campus, strives to change individuals’ attitudes about water. TBTT researches and discusses various water related issues, such as conservation, quality, and access, along with the local economic, social, and environmental costs related to bottled water with students through tabling and events. Through Sustainable Campus and Facilities Maintenance, university departments can request a hydration station to be retrofit and installed into an existing water fountain. To date, over 100 hydration stations have been installed throughout campus.

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

Where possible, the Grounds department selects plants that minimize the water usage. FSU has landscaped areas that are non-irrigated and areas that receive no regular irrigation which are planted with native and/or drought tolerant plantings. Examples include the Life Sciences cage wash rooftop and the Student Success building. The Grounds department utilizes rain shut-off sensors on the irrigation systems to prevent unneeded watering when soil is wet from weather. FSU utilizes a geothermal cooling system for chiller condensers to eliminate evaporation losses which exist in campus buildings that use cooling towers.

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):

All building retrofits use low flow faucets and toilets. These are also mandated by the Florida Energy Code.

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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