Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	52.36
Liaison	Matthew Williams
Submission Date	Dec. 4, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Florida
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

1.56 / 5.00

Liz Storn
Program Coordinator
Office of Sustainability

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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:

Medium to High

Part 1

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	788,750,000 Gallons	853,924,512.10 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	788,750,000 Gallons	853,924,512.10 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2017	June 30, 2018
Baseline Year	July 1, 2004	June 30, 2005

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:

FY 2004-2005 was used as our baseline for previous STARS submittals.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	8,900	8,202
Number of employees resident on-site	8	4
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	579	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	51,371	46,493
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	14,406	12,723.91
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	2,352	0
Weighted campus users	50,374.75	46,464.18

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	15,657.65 Gallons	18,378.12 Gallons

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

14.80

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	16,706,402.56 Gross square feet	16,008,254.43 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	47.21 Gallons per square foot	53.34 Gallons per square foot

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

11.49

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	781 Acres	830 Acres

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	1,009,923.18 Gallons per acre	1,028,824.71 Gallons per acre

Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:

1.84

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:

The Department of Housing and Residence actively encourages water-related behavior changes by encouraging residents to take shorter, cooler showers. Most residence halls are outfitted with shower timers. Additional water conservation efforts are also being encouraged through reminders posted in residence halls, and through the annual Eco-Challenge inter-residence hall competition. Recommended actions include turning off water while brushing teeth or shaving and reporting leaking faucets, shower heads, and “running” toilets through iService, the online maintenance request program. The Office of Sustainability stresses the importance of reporting all leaks to Facilities Services to all offices going through the GROW (Green Recognition for Offices and Workspaces) certification program. Finally, the Office of Sustainability actively promotes the Cupanion program which encourages students, faculty and staff to use reusable water bottles. (http://sustainable.ufl.edu/get-involved/for-students/cupanion/)

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

At least one building on campus uses harvested rainwater for irrigation of the green roof. The majority of the runoff from that building is harvested – stored in two 1,550 gallon cisterns and used for the drip irrigation system for the roof plantings. When rainfall is scarce during the extremely dry months of the year and the stored water is depleted, irrigation water is available from the University’s reclaimed water supply. As such, this design is a model of water conservation efficiency since no potable water is utilized. UF uses reclaimed water irrigation for 98% of its irrigation. the reclaimed water is from university's 3MGD wastewater treatment plan. Every day over 2 million gallons of effluent is generated, 1M gallons used for irrigation on campus, and the other effluent is used for FL aquifer recharge.

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):

UF is actively working to install water-efficient and safe alternatives for plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment and systems across campus as opportunities and needs arise including: - Adding water meters to buildings that lack them - Replacing drinking fountains with filtered bottle fillers - Replacing porcelain(toilets, sinks, urinals) with low capacity water needed fixtures. - Replacing fixtures with low flow, auto controlled fixtures, - Performing a complete evaluation and repair of the campus irrigation system - Requiring that all appliances purchased must meet energy star efficiency ratings - Replacing water heating systems and boilers with high efficiency boiler systems. - Tracking and repairing condensate loss that should be returned to the utility's chilled water system. - Exploring ways to expand beneficial reuse of reclaimed water and stormwater

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

http://sustainable.ufl.edu/sustainability-at-uf/campus-initiatives/water-use/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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