Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 50.74
Liaison Rachel Kornhauser
Submission Date Feb. 17, 2023

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at Oneonta
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.69 / 6.00 Patrick Ryan
Energy Manager
Facilities and 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 19,656,841 Kilowatt-hours 67,069.14 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 164,555 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water 0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:
231,624.14 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:
2,400,525 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:
Floor area
Laboratory space 36,851 Square feet
Healthcare space 10,000 Square feet
Other energy intensive space 85,200 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
2,579,427 Gross square feet

Performance year heating and cooling degree days 

Degree days, performance year:
Degree days
Heating degree days 6,246 Degree-Days (°F)
Cooling degree days 653 Degree-Days (°F)

Total degree days, performance year:
6,899 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, 2020 Dec. 31, 2020

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:
13.02 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 23,206,584 Kilowatt-hours 79,180.86 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 197,473 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water 0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:
276,653.86 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:
2,369,144 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, 2013 Dec. 31, 2013

A brief description of when and why the energy consumption baseline was adopted:
We have good data for student numbers then.

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 0.15 MMBtu per square foot
Baseline year 0.12 MMBtu per square foot 0.18 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:
17.02

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:
There is a Green Room and Green Office certification program both which encourage individuals to become more aware of energy usage and efficiency in their dorm room or office. There are kill-a-watt energy meters available for campus members to use to assess their appliance efficiency.

A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution:
A Johnson Controls energy management system (EMS) is used on campus. The Energy Manager uses building schedules and the EMS to regulate temperatures and air flow based on occupancy hours. Demand controlled ventilation is used in several buildings where the outside air ventilation rate is based on the indoor CO2 levels.

A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:
The outdoor site, parking lot and roadway lighting for the campus was converted to LED. Six residence halls had their hallway lighting converted to LED. Many buildings have had ballrooms, atriums, soffits, lecture halls and labs converted to LED lighting.

A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:
Our newly renovated Alumni Hall has a geothermal heating and cooling system that uses 5 heat pumps and 30 geothermal wells to heat and cool the building.

We will soon have our Community Heat Pumps study completed that will inform the electrification of our campus.

A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution:
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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment, and systems with high efficiency alternatives:
In 2017, we installed a high efficiency dish washer in Wilsbach dining hall that saves 500,000 gallons of water and $5,000 of natural gas per year. We are replacing all of our R-22 chillers with new high-efficiency chillers that use climate friendly refrigerant with lower GWP.

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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