Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 68.22 |
Liaison | Mary Ellen Mallia |
Submission Date | Dec. 21, 2018 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University at Albany
OP-5: Building Energy Consumption
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.16 / 6.00 |
Indu
Lnu Energy Officer Facilities Management |
Figures needed to determine total building energy consumption:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Grid-purchased electricity | 239,402 MMBtu | 275,215 MMBtu |
Electricity from on-site renewables | 212 MMBtu | 0 MMBtu |
District steam/hot water (sourced from offsite) | 0 MMBtu | 0 MMBtu |
Energy from all other sources (e.g., natural gas, fuel oil, propane/LPG, district chilled water, coal/coke, biomass) | 500,842 MMBtu | 510,809 MMBtu |
Total | 740,456 MMBtu | 786,024 MMBtu |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | July 1, 2017 | June 30, 2018 |
Baseline Year | July 1, 2005 | June 30, 2005 |
A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):
The university selected this baseline as it represents the year prior to when sustainability and energy efficiency programs were instituted.
Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area of building space | 5,806,849 Gross square feet | 4,563,296 Gross square feet |
Source-site ratio for grid-purchased electricity:
Total building energy consumption per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Site energy | 0.13 MMBtu per square foot | 0.17 MMBtu per square foot |
Source energy | 0.22 MMBtu per square foot | 0.30 MMBtu per square foot |
Percentage reduction in total building energy consumption (source energy) per unit of floor area from baseline:
Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F / 18 °C):
Degree days (see help icon above) | |
Heating degree days | 6,343 Degree-Days (°F) |
Cooling degree days | 685 Degree-Days (°F) |
Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 158,786 Square feet |
Healthcare space | 0 Square feet |
Other energy intensive space |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
Building energy consumption (site energy) per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:
Documentation (e.g. spreadsheet or utility records) to support the performance year energy consumption figures reported above:
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency (e.g. outreach and education efforts):
The Office of Sustainability partners with the Office of Energy Management to employ a variety of techniques to encourage energy conservation. The centerpiece of our efforts is a 10 week energy campaign that seeks to reduce electricity by 10% over the past baselines. This entails numerous electronic messages updating the campus of each building's progress, the use of passive programming via fliers and brochures. Each building is given a poster to display that lists the amount of energy it used and the amount of carbon associated with this use. People are asked to make pledges to reduce electricity. These pledges are posted outside of the main door of the library. One apartment complex on campus is individually metered and these residents are given "fake" electric bills to education about energy use. These efforts are augmented by programs in the res halls.
A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution (e.g. building temperature standards, occupancy and vacancy sensors):
The University temperature setpoint policy can be found at http://www.albany.edu/facilities/documents/TempSetPointPolicy.pdf
The university high performance building guidelines are available at:
https://www.albany.edu/gogreen/files/documents/Buildings%20and%20Operations/UA-MinEESustainabilityGoals.pdf
A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:
The University standard for all exterior and interior lighting is LED. University has successfully used LED for building mounted, parking lots and pedestrian pathway fixtures. Ongoing Building 27 renovation and ETEC new construction projects are using LED for all the ambient lighting. Several smaller retrofit projects have installed LED fixtures in offices, hallways and other spaces.
A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:
The university has a geothermal system at Liberty Terrace, our newest apartment complex. This has resulted in an estimated 40% use in energy when compared to the standard HVAC system. A geothermal is also planned for our new ETEC building
A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution, e.g. combined heat and power (CHP):
None. The University is currently developing a feasibility study for a 4.5MW combined heat and power plant.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives (e.g. building re-commissioning or retrofit programs):
Life Sciences Building underwent a retro-commissioning, air re-balancing program last year. The University continues to replace existing fluorescent lighting with LED fixture as part of regular maintenance. We retired a few water-cooled distributed A/C units and connected the loads to the central plant.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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