Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	73.25
Liaison	Miriam Keep
Submission Date	Feb. 25, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

5.00 / 5.00

Meredith Moore
Sustainability Programs Coordinator
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

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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:

Medium to High

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	659,834,000 Gallons	1,312,492,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	659,834,000 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 Period	July 1, 2020	June 30, 2021
Baseline Period	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:

N/A

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	8,165	11,614
Number of employees resident on-site	997	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	47,656	41,496
Full-time equivalent of employees	14,894	14,386
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	3,160	0
Weighted campus users	46,833	44,815

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	14,089.08 Gallons	29,286.89 Gallons

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

51.89

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	22,753,687 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	29.00 Gallons per square foot	65.25 Gallons per square foot

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

55.56

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	6,352 Acres	5,675 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	103,878.15 Gallons per acre	231,276.12 Gallons per acre

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

55.08

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:

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:

Significant efforts to replace appropriate fixtures with low-flow faucets.

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:

GIS_816_Campus_Carbon_Emissions_Map.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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