Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	53.65
Liaison	Mike Harrington
Submission Date	Dec. 17, 2021

STARS v2.2

The New School
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	5.40 / 6.00

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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	10,020 Kilowatt-hours	34.19 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	0 Kilowatt-hours	0 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, performance year (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	55,843 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	7,088 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:

62,965.19 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

164,117.96 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	1,586.97 Square meters
Healthcare space	491.09 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	1,637.97 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

169,911.97 Gross square meters

Performance year heating and cooling degree days

Degree days, performance year:

	Degree days
Heating degree days	2,388 Degree-Days (°C)
Cooling degree days	802 Degree-Days (°C)

Total degree days, performance year:

3,190 Degree-Days (°C)

Performance period

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

	Start date	End date
Performance period	July 1, 2019	July 1, 2020

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:

35.85 Btu / GSM / Degree-Day (°C)

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	19,585 Kilowatt-hours	66.82 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	74,065 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	7,088 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:

81,219.82 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:

127,029.62 Gross square meters

Baseline period

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

	Start date	End date
Baseline period	July 1, 2015	June 1, 2016

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

FY2015 was chosen for three reasons: First, prior to FY2015, the campus underwent drastic changes, including the construction of a new building that currently makes up about a quarter of square footage, and the sale of several other buildings. Second, it was the date for which the most reliable data existed. Third, a new position was created for a mechanical engineer to oversee the management of various sources of data.

Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:

3.14

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:

	Site energy	Source energy
Performance year	0.38 MMBtu per square meter	0.38 MMBtu per square meter
Baseline year	0.64 MMBtu per square meter	0.64 MMBtu per square meter

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Percentage reduction in total source energy consumption per unit of floor area from baseline:

40.03

Optional Fields

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

The_New_School_Sustainability_Report_2018.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:

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

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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:

The university's co-generation plant was not fully operable until about 2018-2019. The university center uses co-gen for heating and cooling.

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:

We have updated the report from our facilities department that shows some of the reductions for energy usage. Also, for the performance year, which includes the pandemic, many buildings were not in use for months, which would effect a lot of the electricity usage. Many of the electric features in our buildings are set to timers and CO2 sensors and if nobody is present, then lights and climate controls do not activate.

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