Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.28
Liaison Claire Rodgers
Submission Date June 28, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
OP-22: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.06 / 5.00
"---" 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’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:
Medium to High

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use --- 24,091,490.70 Gallons

Potable water use:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 8,231,563 Gallons 9,027,490.70 Gallons

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017
Baseline Year July 1, 2015 June 30, 2016

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site 355 354
Number of employees resident on-site 4 4
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds 5 6
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 366 382
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) 129 125
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 0 0
Weighted campus users 466 475.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user 17,664.30 Gallons 18,975.28 Gallons

Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
6.91

Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 389,048 Gross square feet 389,048 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area 21.16 Gallons per square foot 23.20 Gallons per square foot

Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
8.82

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 35 Acres 35 Acres

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds 0 Gallons per acre 688,328.31 Gallons per acre

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

Some toilets in the Campus Center and Milas Hall are designed to save water by using different amounts of water when needed and have the appropriate signage.


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

Olin College invested in the water efficiency and wastewater planning from its original construction. Seventy percent of the irrigation systems on campus are fed by well water.


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):

Olin has begun upgrading flushometers for the toilets in dormitories in order to make them low-flow toilets. They are Water Sense certified by the EPA. Faucets are also being upgraded in the dorms to low flow Water Sense certified. Shower heads are also being replaced so that they are low-flow.


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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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Level of risk was determined using the Water Risk Atlas: http://www.wri.org/applications/maps/aqueduct-atlas/#x=-71.27&y=42.21&s=ws!20!28!c&t=waterrisk&w=def&g=0&i=BWS-16!WSV-4!SV-2!HFO-4!DRO-4!STOR-8!GW-8!WRI-4!ECOS-2!MC-4!WCG-8!ECOV-2!&tr=ind-1!prj-1&l=11&b=terrain&m=group

Olin's water meter data was used to calculate potable water usage and the well water usage was estimated based on run time and flow rate of the well.

Estimated acres by James Bartholemy.

Jeremy Goodman provided people counts.


Level of risk was determined using the Water Risk Atlas: http://www.wri.org/applications/maps/aqueduct-atlas/#x=-71.27&y=42.21&s=ws!20!28!c&t=waterrisk&w=def&g=0&i=BWS-16!WSV-4!SV-2!HFO-4!DRO-4!STOR-8!GW-8!WRI-4!ECOS-2!MC-4!WCG-8!ECOV-2!&tr=ind-1!prj-1&l=11&b=terrain&m=group

Olin's water meter data was used to calculate potable water usage and the well water usage was estimated based on run time and flow rate of the well.

Estimated acres by James Bartholemy.

Jeremy Goodman provided people counts.

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