Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	67.88
Liaison	Krista Bailey
Submission Date	Sept. 14, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Pennsylvania State University
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.90 / 5.00

Shelley McKeague
Environmental Compliance Specialist
Engineering Services

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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	---	986,745,387 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	698,976,160 Gallons	896,785,700 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	Jan. 1, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Baseline Year	Jan. 1, 2005	Dec. 31, 2005

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:

FY 05/06 was adopted as the baseline for the majority of sections to be consistent with previous STARS reporting. For Water Use, data is reported by Calendar year to be consistent with regulatory reporting.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	14,211	13,795
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	45,661	39,043
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	15,577	14,183
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	49,481.25	43,368.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	14,126.08 Gallons	20,678.39 Gallons

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

31.69

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	20,886,526 Gross square feet	18,577,348 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	33.47 Gallons per square foot	48.27 Gallons per square foot

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

30.67

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	7,835 Acres	6,939 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	142,202.82 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:

The monthly AIR sustainability e-newsletter for Green Team members and others includes occasional tips on water conservation among its topics. In addition, the Green Paws office certification program includes water-related behavior change measures in Levels 1 and 4.

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

Penn State has masterplanned a Campus Reuse System for University Park that could reduce groundwater withdrawals by 300,000 to 500,000 GPD. It has started to install the distribution piping system one pipe section at a time as opportunities present themselves. And it is designing the interior plumbing systems of selected building projects for ease of reuse connection in the future. In summary, 24,000 feet of future reuse piping has been installed, nearly 5 miles, over the past 8 years.

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):

Retrofits that include high efficiency pluming fixtures and fittings are part of the Energy Program. Projects have been implemented at various locations on campus including many residence halls.

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

http://opp.psu.edu/sustainability/water

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Vegetative grounds acreage derived from total campus acreage minus calculated impervious surface (using GIS). Total water use comes from annual water withdrawal report. Potable water use comes from metered use.