Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	60.32
Liaison	Andy Mitchell
Submission Date	July 16, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Illinois Chicago
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.45 / 6.00	Cynthia Klein-Banai Associate Chancellor for Sustainability Office of Sustainability

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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	177,678,835 Kilowatt-hours	606,240.19 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	97,758 Kilowatt-hours	333.55 MMBtu

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

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	2,721,267 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:

3,327,840.74 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

1,406,799.94 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	83,025.15 Square meters
Healthcare space	51,931.25 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	27,602.56 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

1,704,315.30 Gross square meters

Performance year heating and cooling degree days

Degree days, performance year:

	Degree days
Heating degree days	3,468.33 Degree-Days (°C)
Cooling degree days	636.11 Degree-Days (°C)

Total degree days, performance year:

4,104.44 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, 2018	June 30, 2019

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

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

146.83 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	66,316,242 Kilowatt-hours	226,271.02 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	3,816,666 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:

4,042,937.02 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:

1,306,512.54 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, 2003	June 30, 2004

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

This baseline was adopted because the necessary data was unavailable before July 1, 2003. The baseline also aligns with the baseline of UIC's Climate Action Plan.

Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:

	Site energy	Source energy
Performance year	2.37 MMBtu per square meter	3.23 MMBtu per square meter
Baseline year	3.09 MMBtu per square meter	3.44 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:

6.20

Optional Fields

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

2020-04_Total_Energy.xlsx

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

Utilities has developed a web-based energy dashboard to show how much energy each metered building is using. We are SMART energy users http://sustainability.uic.edu/green-campus/energy/

International Freezer Challenge: https://energy.uic.edu/smart-energy/freezer-challenge/

Flames Wash Cold initiative: https://energy.uic.edu/smart-energy/flames-wash-cold/

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

UIC must comply with the Illinois Energy Code.

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

Most frequently used space was retrofit with compact fluorescent light bulbs. All new construction and renovations seek to install LED lighting unless deemed inappropriate for the use.

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

UIC has geothermal ground source heat pumps for about 75,000 sq feet of lecture and academic space. It also has solar PV ato two of those three buildings.

A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution:

Utility Operations runs its own power plants on the UIC campus. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of heat and power in a single thermodynamic process. Instead of discarding the heat produced by the power production process, it is captured and used to provide space heating and hot water heating, thus eliminating the added expense of burning fuels for the sole purpose of space heating. On the east side the plant can co-generate the production of high-temperature hot water with electricity. The west side plant can co-generate steam with electricity. These plants run primarily on natural gas which is cleaner than coal and fuel oil when considering hazardous air pollutants and carbon dioxide. When operated under certain conditions, cogeneration can be beneficial and helps lower the emission of carbon and sulfur dioxide pollutants into the air.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment, and systems with high efficiency alternatives:

UIC was driven by gas and electric utility energy efficiency incentives to replace energy-consuming HVAC equipment and lighting. In FY2017, we also utilized the incentives paired with institutional funding to incentivize Principal Investigators with laboratories to replace their inefficient, old ultralow freezers.

Website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency program is available:

http://sustainability.uic.edu/green-campus/energy/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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