Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	40.80
Liaison	Karen Marin-Hines
Submission Date	Feb. 26, 2021

STARS v2.2

Texas Tech University
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.18 / 6.00	Jessica Bunyard Analyst BIMAR

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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	146,401,638 Kilowatt-hours	499,522.39 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	817,464.22 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:

1,316,986.61 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

9,655,846.38 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	473,913 Square feet
Healthcare space	0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space	0 Square feet

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

10,603,672.38 Gross square feet

Performance year heating and cooling degree days

Degree days, performance year:

	Degree days
Heating degree days	4,373 Degree-Days (°F)
Cooling degree days	2,411 Degree-Days (°F)

Total degree days, performance year:

6,784 Degree-Days (°F)

Performance period

Start and end dates of the performance year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Performance period	Sept. 1, 2019	Aug. 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:

18.31 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	133,237,451.78 Kilowatt-hours	454,606.19 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	867,410.71 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:

1,322,016.90 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:

8,069,783 Gross square feet

Baseline period

Start and end dates of the baseline year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Baseline period	Sept. 1, 2009	Aug. 31, 2010

A brief description of when and why the energy consumption baseline was adopted:

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Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:

3.14

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:

	Site energy	Source energy
Performance year	0.14 MMBtu per square foot	0.25 MMBtu per square foot
Baseline year	0.16 MMBtu per square foot	0.28 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:

13.11

Optional Fields

Documentation to support the performance year energy consumption figures reported above:

EnergySavingsProgramUpdate-October2020.pdf

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency:

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A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution:

Texas Tech University uses seasonally shifting set points. New buildings are equipped with occupancy sensors and schedules for lights, AHU's are "on demand" after 9:00 P. M.

A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:

Approximately 20% of Exterior lighting are LEDs. LED lights, interior and exterior, are specified for all new construction. Residence halls are approximately 50% LED.

A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:

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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:

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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:

Gross floor area of building space number includes rental sites, CAM sites, abandoned spaces and unoccupied spaces. In addition, The most important consideration here is that the 10,005,766.00 ft2 is not matched to energy point of use, which should properly include only occupied square footage. That number is 9,182,788 ft2.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.