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

STARS v2.2

University of Illinois Chicago
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.00 / 4.00

Cynthia Klein-Banai
Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
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 Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	2,049,883.89 Cubic meters	3,224,863.04 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	2,049,883.89 Cubic meters	3,224,863.04 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2018	June 30, 2019
Baseline Period	July 1, 2013	June 30, 2014

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:

This is the year we started tracking the water data in the Office of Sustainability.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	3,385	3,800
Number of employees resident on-site	11	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	20	470
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	30,594	23,646
Full-time equivalent of employees	12,683	10,845
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	583	0
Weighted campus users	32,889.50	27,288.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	62.33 Cubic meters	118.18 Cubic meters

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

47.26

Part 2. Reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	1,406,799.94 Gross square meters	1,306,512.54 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	1.46 Cubic meters per square meter	2.47 Cubic meters per square meter

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

40.97

Part 3. Reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	38.57 Hectares	38.29 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	53,151.92 Cubic meters per hectare	84,219.16 Cubic meters per hectare

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

36.89

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

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

UIC has installed a cistern to capture run-off from the roof
on the UIC Forum and the water is utilized to irrigate the plantings in the area.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

Gradually all restroom plumbing fixtures are being replaced with low flow fixtures. For example, Lincoln Hall has reduced potable water consumption by 42% from calculated baseline through the installation of low flow urinals, dual flush water closets, low-flow lavatory faucets and automatic sensors.
The power plants have also instituted various water conservation initiatives related to chemical treatments, blow-down rates, etc.

Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

UIC saw a steady downward trend in water use through 2009. However, due to a leak in a chilled water line that could not be repaired until the end of the cooling season, there was a large spike in campus water consumption.