Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	67.33
Liaison	James Biesecker
Submission Date	Nov. 1, 2022

STARS v2.2

Gettysburg College
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.09 / 6.00	Jim Biesecker Associate Vice President of Facilities Planning & Management Facilities Services

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Part 1. Site energy use per unit of floor area

Performance year energy consumption

Electricity use, performance year (report kilowatt-hours):

	kWh	MMBtu
Imported electricity	19,900,777 Kilowatt-hours	67,901.45 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	226,864 Kilowatt-hours	774.06 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, performance year (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	99,570 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:

168,245.51 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

1,768,275 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	30,600 Square feet
Healthcare space	0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	135,000 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

1,964,475 Gross square feet

Performance year heating and cooling degree days

Degree days, performance year:

	Degree days
Heating degree days	4,354 Degree-Days (°F)
Cooling degree days	1,493 Degree-Days (°F)

Total degree days, performance year:

5,847 Degree-Days (°F)

Performance period

Start and end dates of the performance year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Performance period	June 1, 2021	May 31, 2022

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:

14.65 Btu / GSF / Degree-Day (°F)

Part 2. Reduction in source energy use per unit of floor area

Baseline year energy consumption

STARS 2.2 requires electricity data in kilowatt-hours (kWh). If a baseline has already been established in a previous version of STARS and the institution wishes to continue using it, the electricity data must be re-entered in kWh. To convert existing electricity figures from MMBtu to kWh, simply multiply by 293.07107 MMBtu/kWh.

Electricity use, baseline year (report kWh):

	kWh	MMBtu
Imported electricity	19,285,545 Kilowatt-hours	65,802.28 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	0 Kilowatt-hours	0 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, baseline year (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	86,295 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:

152,097.28 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:

1,511,631 Gross square feet

Baseline period

Start and end dates of the baseline year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Baseline period	June 1, 2004	May 31, 2005

A brief description of when and why the energy consumption baseline was adopted:

This was the year Gettysburg College signed and adopted the American College and University President's Commitment to Climate Change, which outlined emission goals for the future.

Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:

3.14

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:

	Site energy	Source energy
Performance year	0.10 MMBtu per square foot	0.18 MMBtu per square foot
Baseline year	0.10 MMBtu per square foot	0.19 MMBtu per square foot

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Percentage reduction in total source energy consumption per unit of floor area from baseline:

8.49

Optional Fields

Documentation to support the performance year energy consumption figures reported above:

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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency:

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A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution:

College uses TRANE BAS system to manage our building operations and temperature controls.

A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:

We are using some LED technology in our Exit signs and street lighting applications. We continue to upgrade spaces as they are renovated, several years ago we replaced all the ligths in the field house with LED's.

A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:

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A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution:

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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment, and systems with high efficiency alternatives:

As we renovate mechanical or MEP systems in existing buildings, we commission the projects. We haven't recommissioned buildings that haven't been renovated. We are in the process of upgrading all of our lighting on the campus, so each year we do another building or two.

Website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency program is available:

http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/sustainability/initiatives/facilities.dot

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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