Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	68.02
Liaison	Maxine Dandois-Fafard
Submission Date	Nov. 10, 2023

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Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.88 / 4.00

Maxine Dandois-Fafard
Sustainable Development Officer
Scientific Direction

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

Low

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	104,924.43 Cubic meters	110,340.03 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	104,924.43 Cubic meters	110,340.03 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	May 1, 2021	April 30, 2022
Baseline Period	May 1, 2020	April 30, 2021

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:

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	0	0
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	788	733
Full-time equivalent of employees	720	658
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	1,131	1,043.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	92.77 Cubic meters	105.77 Cubic meters

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

12.29

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	101,146 Gross square meters	103,843 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	1.04 Cubic meters per square meter	1.06 Cubic meters per square meter

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

2.37

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	37.22 Hectares	37.13 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	2,818.82 Cubic meters per hectare	2,971.71 Cubic meters per hectare

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

5.14

Optional Fields

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

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

INRS has a rainwater recovery system on the roof of the hydraulic laboratory at the ETE campus. The hydraulic canal needs a lot of water.

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

When broken, plumbing equipment is replaced by water-efficient versions.
In our 2020 retrofit 2020 in the Laval campus, automatic hand-washing stations, low-flow faucets and low-flow toilets were installed everywhere in the renovated aisles of Building 18.

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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