Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	57.05
Liaison	Herbert Sinnock
Submission Date	July 12, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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Sheridan College (Ontario)
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

2.13 / 4.00

Anna Pautler
Sustainability Data Assessment & Reporting Officer
Office for 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:

Low to Medium

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	9,390,659,465 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	9,878,609,022 Gallons	9,390,659,465 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	April 1, 2016	March 31, 2017
Baseline Year	April 1, 2010	March 31, 2011

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:

The baseline year was selected to be consistent with the IECMP baseline.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	801	466
Number of employees resident on-site	4	3
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	30,627	21,204
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	2,721	2,205
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	25,212.25	17,674

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	391,817.83 Gallons	531,326.21 Gallons

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

26.26

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	2,094,578 Gross square feet	1,557,788 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	4,716.28 Gallons per square foot	6,028.20 Gallons per square foot

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

21.76

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	337,445 Acres	337,445 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	27,828.71 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 Office for Sustainability encourages the Sheridan community to report water leaks or broken fixtures and water fountains. Sheridan has also installed filtered water refill stations at each of its campuses and encourages people to bring reusable water bottles.

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

The new A-Wing building at Davis Campus in Brampton has a water cistern that collects rainwater from the roof, which is then used in toilets and urinals. The cistern can store 90 cubic meters of water. The annual water demand of the building is 5,700 cubic meters and the projected rainwater fall is 3,300 cubic meters. The new HMC2 building in Mississauga also has a rainwater cistern that can hold up to 35 cubic meters.

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):

In order to reduce water usage, Sheridan Facilities have installed high efficiency fixtures such as electronic sensor faucets and standard low flow toilets and urinals. Sheridan has also switched to closed loop cooling towers and plans to reduce water use for cooling.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives 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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