Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.84
Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date June 2, 2015
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University of Minnesota, Morris
OP-8: Building Energy Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.21 / 6.00 Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Total building energy consumption, all sources (transportation fuels excluded):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total building energy consumption 143,349 MMBtu 128,106 MMBtu

Purchased electricity and steam:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Grid-purchased electricity 12,431 MMBtu 26,799 MMBtu
District steam/hot water 113,720 MMBtu 94,238 MMBtu

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 993,166 Gross square feet 961,267 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year::
Floor Area
Laboratory space 7,553 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space

Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F)::
Degree days (see help icon above)
Heating degree days 9,622
Cooling degree days 458

Source-site ratios::
Source-Site Ratio (see help icon above)
Grid-purchased electricity 3.14
District steam/hot water 1.20

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods)::
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2012 Dec. 31, 2012
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2005 Dec. 31, 2005

A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted:
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A brief description of any building temperature standards employed by the institution:

Our Invensys Energy Management System controls the heating, air conditioning, air handler & heating pump start/stop sequence in most buildings automatically as outside/inside temperatures and time of day dictate.


A brief description of any light emitting diode (LED) lighting employed by the institution:

Lights in the NORTH and WEST parking lots are LEDs and dark-sky compliant.


A brief description of any occupancy and/or vacancy sensors employed by the institution:

All offices in the Welcome Center have motion censors. The T-8 light fixtures near the exterior walls have built in light sensors which sense the amount of daylight coming in and can shut down to perhaps only 10% use of electricity than what they would use if completely on and still maintain a constant level of light because of the daylight. In addition, there are motion sensors in two of our other campus buildings: Imholte and Science. The Green Prairie Community also used occupancy sensors.


A brief description of any passive solar heating employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any ground-source heat pumps employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any cogeneration technologies employed by the institution:

Our on-site biomass gasification plant is also combined-heat-and-power. So, it is not co-generation, per se, but it is CHP. Using a back pressure steam turbine, the plant makes the electricity that helps run the plant.


A brief description of any building recommissioning or retrofit program employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any energy metering and management systems employed by the institution:

UMM has an Invensys Energy Management System that reports water, electricity, and steam use for most of our campus buildings.


A brief description of the institution's program to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives:
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A brief description of any energy-efficient landscape design initiatives employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any vending machine sensors, lightless machines, or LED-lit machines employed by the institution:

VendingMisers were installed by students in collaboration with Plant Services, cutting energy use in VendingMiser refrigerated machines by 40%.


A brief description of other energy conservation and efficiency initiatives employed by the institution:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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