Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.39
Liaison Sam Lubow
Submission Date June 29, 2012
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Stanford University
OP-22: Water Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.56 / 7.00 Jiffy Vermylen
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Water consumption, 2005 baseline year:
1,175,231,000 Gallons

Water consumption, performance year :
1,166,060,000 Gallons

List the start and end dates of the water consumption performance year:
July 1st, 2010 - June 30th, 2011 (local jurisdiction water fiscal year)

On-campus residents, 2005:
12,243

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
13,160

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
4,949

On-campus residents, performance year:
11,823

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
16,757

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
3,562

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with water consumption performance year):
Snapshot annual population study done ever year on September 1st.

Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to water use reduction goals:
---

A brief description of the plan of action to achieve water use reduction goals:
The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

(1) Please note that Stanford is an early adopter of water conservation programs. Substantial and greater reduction has been seen since 2000 rather than the 2005 baseline required for this credit.

(2) Gallons consumed represents total water use and includes both domestic and lake water (non-potable) as reported in the Sustainable Stanford Year in Review Metrics & Trends section: http://sustainable.stanford.edu/sites/sem.stanford.edu/files/documents/oos_year_in_review_2010_2011.pdf.

(3) In accordance with the boundary area, "on campus resident" population numbers do not include residents of Faculty/Staff housing (approximately 2500 people).


(1) Please note that Stanford is an early adopter of water conservation programs. Substantial and greater reduction has been seen since 2000 rather than the 2005 baseline required for this credit.

(2) Gallons consumed represents total water use and includes both domestic and lake water (non-potable) as reported in the Sustainable Stanford Year in Review Metrics & Trends section: http://sustainable.stanford.edu/sites/sem.stanford.edu/files/documents/oos_year_in_review_2010_2011.pdf.

(3) In accordance with the boundary area, "on campus resident" population numbers do not include residents of Faculty/Staff housing (approximately 2500 people).

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