Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	50.41
Liaison	David Tedder
Submission Date	Sept. 30, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

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University of Kentucky
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

3.06 / 5.00

Britney Raglad
Energy Engineer
Utilities and Energy Management

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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	545,125,614 Gallons	647,036,231 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	545,125,614 Gallons	647,036,231 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	Jan. 1, 2014	Dec. 31, 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:

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	6,227	6,126
Number of employees resident on-site	41	200
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	945	857
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	28,550	24,162
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	16,442	11,219
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	4,871	0
Weighted campus users	32,602.75	28,974.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	16,720.23 Gallons	22,331.42 Gallons

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

25.13

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	20,600,321 Gross square feet	16,065,889 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	26.46 Gallons per square foot	40.27 Gallons per square foot

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

34.29

Part 3

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	436.48 Acres	458.30 Acres

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	1,248,913.16 Gallons per acre	1,411,818.09 Gallons per acre

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

11.54

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:

Our new energy savings partner, Cenergistic, is continuously auditing the campus for leaks in water and is helpful in more quickly identifying and fixing issues. There are 6 specialists deployed around campus with individual building assignments and are also tasked with improving awareness among the campus community. Note: much of the reduction from the baseline can be attributed to the shift toward privately operated dorms, which receive their water bills directly and are not processed through UK Facilities.

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

Two new facilities, Jacob's Science and the Gatton Student Center, have integrated rain water catchment tanks that allow for irrigation without the use of domestic potable water (when available).

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):

Renovations across campus continue and each new project is incorporating various water reduction strategies, including low flow fixtures as well as rain water (greywater) tanks for irrigation reuse, such as with Jacob's Science and the new Gatton Student Center.

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:

Jerry Hart served as a resource on many of the landscape-based questions.