Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	70.14
Liaison	Aaron Durnbaugh
Submission Date	Feb. 27, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

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Loyola University Chicago
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

3.04 / 5.00

Aaron Durnbaugh
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability

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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:

Medium to High

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	113,582,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	101,827,000 Gallons	113,582,000 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2015	June 30, 2016
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:

We use 2008 as our baseline for all measures.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	4,409	3,753
Number of employees resident on-site	26	25
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	14,802	13,923
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	2,810	2,639
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	436	114
Weighted campus users	13,990.75	13,280.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	7,278.17 Gallons	8,552.54 Gallons

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

14.90

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	4,294,970 Gross square feet	3,647,900 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	23.71 Gallons per square foot	31.14 Gallons per square foot

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

23.86

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	28.70 Acres	26.90 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	4,222,379.18 Gallons per acre

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

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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:

We have systematically retrofitted our facilities for water efficiency and engaged in education and outreach towards this end. In 2014/15 we did a research project on behavior vs. retrofit interventions in the residence hall setting.

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

Loyola has installed permeable pavers, drought-tolerant landscaping, rain-water collection cisterns, and living rooftops that all seek to reduce and divert stormwater run-off that otherwise would enter sewer systems, requiring energy-intensive cleaning and purification processes. The cisterns connect to Lake Michigan and feed back over 10 million gallons of water annually to the Great Lakes watershed. Semi-permeable paving material is also used on campus and semi-permeable artificial turf is used on Sean Earl Field inside the track, allowing rain-water to percolate into the ground.

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):

High efficiency fixtures are standard in any retrofit or new construction. A student project identified available water retrofits in all residence halls and the Water Tower Campus. A grant provided funding to implement these retrofits as well as a test a behavior change campaign focused on water use.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://www.luc.edu/sustainability/campus/focus_areas/water/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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