Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.93
Liaison Miriam Keep
Submission Date May 16, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
OP-22: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.16 / 5.00 Micah Kenfield
Sustainability Coordinator
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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 --- 1,312,492,000 Gallons

Potable water use:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 1,098,050,000 Gallons 1,312,492,000 Gallons

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2015 June 30, 2016
Baseline Year July 1, 2007 June 30, 2008

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:
Year was selected based on best available data.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site 11,467 11,614
Number of employees resident on-site 1 0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds 0 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 43,917 41,496
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) 13,856 14,386
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 1,616 0
Weighted campus users 44,984.75 44,815

Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user 24,409.38 Gallons 29,286.89 Gallons

Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
16.65

Part 2 

Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 21,625,434 Gross square feet 20,113,569 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area 50.78 Gallons per square foot 65.25 Gallons per square foot

Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
22.19

Part 3 

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):
No

Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds --- ---

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

Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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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:
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A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
Certain campus buildings harvest rainwater for use in maintaining the gardens or plants near them. For example the Krannert Art Museum maintains a beautiful native planting near its entrance with water collected from rain.

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):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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