Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Ryan McEnany
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Pace University
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Ryan McEnany
Director Energy & Resiliency
Facilities & Capital Projects
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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 27,979,995 Kilowatt-hours 95,467.74 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems) 25,000 Kilowatt-hours 85.30 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, performance year (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy 88,165 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water 52,932 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:
236,650.04 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
2,480,105 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:
Floor area
Laboratory space 13,807 Square feet
Healthcare space 33,829 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 0 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
2,575,377 Gross square feet

Performance year heating and cooling degree days 

Degree days, performance year:
Degree days
Heating degree days 3,331 Degree-Days (°F)
Cooling degree days 1,724 Degree-Days (°F)

Total degree days, performance year:
5,055 Degree-Days (°F)

Performance period

Start and end dates of the performance year (or 3-year period):
Start date End date
Performance period Jan. 1, 2018 Dec. 31, 2018

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:
18.18 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 35,668,781 Kilowatt-hours 121,701.88 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems) 26,020 Kilowatt-hours 88.78 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, baseline year (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy 131,543 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water 55,818 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:
309,151.66 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:
2,435,826 Gross square feet

Baseline period

Start and end dates of the baseline year (or 3-year period):
Start date End date
Baseline period Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016

A brief description of when and why the energy consumption baseline was adopted:
While working with the New York City's Office of Sustainability we developed a baseline of 2016.

Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:
3

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:
Site energy Source energy
Performance year 0.10 MMBtu per square foot 0.17 MMBtu per square foot
Baseline year 0.13 MMBtu per square foot 0.23 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:
24.00

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:
We have a building control system in most of our buildings. This system has programmable settings for the occupancy and the time of day. We remotely access the BMS control energy use on weekends, holidays and semester breaks where the university may be closed and have seen significant energy savings.

A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:
In many areas we have already upgraded to LED Lighting, however it looks like we will upgrade the majority of what has not been upgraded during 2020.

A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:
We have a geothermal system in our environmental classroom building which is on display for students to learn about the technology.

A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution:
None

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment, and systems with high efficiency alternatives:
We are replacing and upgrading our boilers on the Pleasantville and White Plains campuses as part of our deferred maintenance program. The old boiler is replaced with a modular , high efficient system. We upgrade the building controls for the boiler as well. At the White Plains campus, we replaced the oil fired boiler in our Environmental House with a natural gas modular one and also added heat pumps which provide heating and cooling.

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:
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