Overall Rating	Bronze
Overall Score	41.51
Liaison	Lori Chance
Submission Date	May 16, 2024

STARS v2.2

Messiah University
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	4.36 / 6.00	Brandon Hoover Director of Sustainability Operations

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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	11,811,317 Kilowatt-hours	40,300.21 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	0 Kilowatt-hours	0 MMBtu

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

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	140,520 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:

180,820.21 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

1,587,703 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	217,140 Square feet
Healthcare space	4,586 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	71,367 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

2,102,522 Gross square feet

Performance year heating and cooling degree days

Degree days, performance year:

	Degree days
Heating degree days	4,574 Degree-Days (°F)
Cooling degree days	1,325.90 Degree-Days (°F)

Total degree days, performance year:

5,899.90 Degree-Days (°F)

Performance period

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

	Start date	End date
Performance period	July 1, 2022	June 30, 2023

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

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

14.58 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	27,330,001 Kilowatt-hours	93,249.96 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	21,983 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:

115,232.96 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:

1,317,908 Gross square feet

Baseline period

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

	Start date	End date
Baseline period	July 1, 2007	June 30, 2008

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

2008 was the first year the college began reporting on our GHG emissions. We've been trying to use this as our baseline year for all sustainability assessments.

Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:

3.14

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:

	Site energy	Source energy
Performance year	0.11 MMBtu per square foot	0.17 MMBtu per square foot
Baseline year	0.09 MMBtu per square foot	0.24 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:

29.58

Optional Fields

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

fiscal_year_report_by_meter_location_2023.csv

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

The College offers regular tours of the solar thermal array and our new natural gas power plant to talk about energy and efficiency. We also run student campaigns and educational forums on energy consumption, production, and impacts.

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

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

As Renovations Occur - Whole building renovations, outdoor lighting upgrades as renovations occur.

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

NORth complex
112 Solar thermal panels provide heat and hot water for 3 residence halls. supplemented by gas boilers

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

The college recently built a CCHP (Combined cooling, heat, and power plant) that has allowed us to move away from propane as a heating source. The plant also captures waste heat to both heat and cool buildings.

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

deferred maintenance program, all building are entered in individually

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Messiah College Facility Service

report on total MMBTU of natural gas, propane, and any heating related fuel oil used on campus. All campus buildings have natural gas used as a heat source. We also have a CHP plant using natural gas. Some buildings still use propane or heating oil, this data is found in the facilities department

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