Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.07
Liaison Brittney Hernandez-Stevenson
Submission Date May 8, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Madisonville Community College
OP-8: Building Energy Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.45 / 6.00 Brittney Stevenson
Sustainability Coordinator/Business Affairs Specialist
Business Affairs
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Total building energy consumption, all sources (transportation fuels excluded):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total building energy consumption 26,556.46 MMBtu 42,874.49 MMBtu

Purchased electricity and steam:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Grid-purchased electricity 0 MMBtu 0 MMBtu
District steam/hot water 0 MMBtu 0 MMBtu

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 450,000 Gross square feet 450,000 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year::
Floor Area
Laboratory space 0 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space

Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F)::
Degree days (see help icon above)
Heating degree days 3,559
Cooling degree days 2,441

Source-site ratios::
Source-Site Ratio (see help icon above)
Grid-purchased electricity 3.14
District steam/hot water 1.20

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods)::
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2014 Dec. 31, 2014
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2013 Dec. 31, 2013

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

2014 was the year Madisonville Community College partnered with ESG and KCIM to perform an energy audit in an effort to find ways to reduce energy consumption. KCIM developed a plan to be implemented in 2015. The Energy Management contract will guarantee reductions in water, electric and natural gas. Based on the information provided annual savings for Madisonville Community College will be a minimum of over $300,000.


A brief description of any building temperature standards employed by the institution:

Timers for temperature control were installed in all buildings and are controlled through computer automation. Temperature


A brief description of any light emitting diode (LED) lighting employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any occupancy and/or vacancy sensors employed by the institution:

Light sensors were put in faculty offices.


A brief description of any passive solar heating employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any ground-source heat pumps employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any cogeneration technologies employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any building recommissioning or retrofit program employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any energy metering and management systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of the institution's program to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives:
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A brief description of any energy-efficient landscape design initiatives employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any vending machine sensors, lightless machines, or LED-lit machines employed by the institution:
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A brief description of other energy conservation and efficiency initiatives employed by the institution:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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