Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.80
Liaison Daniel Dixon
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Maine
OP-5: Building Energy Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.52 / 6.00 Karina Graeter
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Figures needed to determine total building energy consumption:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Grid-purchased electricity 146,194.70 MMBtu 146,194.70 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site renewables 0 MMBtu 0 MMBtu
District steam/hot water (sourced from offsite) 0 MMBtu 0 MMBtu
Energy from all other sources (e.g., natural gas, fuel oil, propane/LPG, district chilled water, coal/coke, biomass) 532,553.70 MMBtu 532,553.70 MMBtu
Total 678,748.40 MMBtu 678,748.40 MMBtu

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017
Baseline Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017

A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):
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Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area of building space 4,444,546.39 Gross square feet 4,444,546.39 Gross square feet

Source-site ratio for grid-purchased electricity:
3.14

Total building energy consumption per unit of floor area:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Site energy 0.15 MMBtu per square foot 0.15 MMBtu per square foot
Source energy 0.22 MMBtu per square foot 0.22 MMBtu per square foot

Percentage reduction in total building energy consumption (source energy) per unit of floor area from baseline:
0

Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F / 18 °C):
Degree days (see help icon above)
Heating degree days 7,477 Degree-Days (°F)
Cooling degree days 655 Degree-Days (°F)

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:
Floor Area
Laboratory space 244,796.44 Square feet
Healthcare space 31,654 Square feet
Other energy intensive space

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
5,247,443.27 Gross square feet

Building energy consumption (site energy) per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:
15.91 Btu / GSF / Degree-Day (°F)

Documentation (e.g. spreadsheet or utility records) to support the performance year energy consumption figures reported above:
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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency (e.g. outreach and education efforts):
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A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution (e.g. building temperature standards, occupancy and vacancy sensors):
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A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:
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A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:
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A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution, e.g. combined heat and power (CHP):
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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives (e.g. building re-commissioning or retrofit programs):
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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:

* We are not pursuing the baseline year comparison in part 1. So we have input the same information for the performance year and the baseline year, resulting in a 0% reduction in building energy use for part 1.

Grid purchased electricity: Calculated using Fiscal Year 2017 from the Facilities Management Energy Manager. Only included Main campus, College ave, Demerritt Forest, and Witter Farm. These are the same areas included in the gross floor area of building space calculation.

Heating and cooling degree days: Calculated Using monthly Bangor, ME heating degree days from degreedays.net for performance year.


* We are not pursuing the baseline year comparison in part 1. So we have input the same information for the performance year and the baseline year, resulting in a 0% reduction in building energy use for part 1.

Grid purchased electricity: Calculated using Fiscal Year 2017 from the Facilities Management Energy Manager. Only included Main campus, College ave, Demerritt Forest, and Witter Farm. These are the same areas included in the gross floor area of building space calculation.

Heating and cooling degree days: Calculated Using monthly Bangor, ME heating degree days from degreedays.net for performance year.

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