Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	53.65
Liaison	Melissa Cadwell
Submission Date	June 15, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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Syracuse University
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

2.16 / 4.00

Melissa Cadwell
Sustainability Coordinator
Energy Systems & Sustainability Management

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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	---	405,902,713 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	345,487,046 Gallons	405,902,713 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2014	June 30, 2015
Baseline Year	July 1, 2010	June 30, 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 is the year the Climate Action Plan was implemented onto campus.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	8,380	8,296
Number of employees resident on-site	2	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	19,331	18,452
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	4,410	4,305
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,550	1,531
Weighted campus users	18,738.75	17,993.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	18,437.04 Gallons	22,558.30 Gallons

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

18.27

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	9,747,423 Gross square feet	9,683,459 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	35.44 Gallons per square foot	41.92 Gallons per square foot

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

15.44

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	950 Acres	950 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	427,266.01 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:

- Drinking fountains have been replaced or updated to Water bottle filling stations to ensure there is at least one in every building on campus. - Frequent water taste-tests to help illustrate that bottled water does not taste any better than tap water. - Free reusable water bottles are given to all new student living on campus.

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

- Participation in Onondaga County's Save the Rain program (The "Save the Rain" program is a comprehensive storm water management plan intended to reduce pollution to Onondaga Lake and its tributaries.) http://www.ongov.net/sustainability/water/str.html - Installed a reuse water system in our athletic facility, Dome, which reuses the rain and snow-melt for 1/3 of the water in our toilets. https://news.syr.edu/2014/12/carrier-dome-runoff-now-being-put-to-use-44720/

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):

-Installing low-flow shower heads -Sinks outfitted with automatic valve shut-offs - Timer-controlled grounds sprinklers that prevent mid-day use

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

http://sustainability.syr.edu/campus/water/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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