Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.78
Liaison	Troy Goodnough
Submission Date	Feb. 10, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Minnesota, Morris
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.60 / 6.00	Troy Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability

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Part 1. Site energy use per unit of floor area

Performance year energy consumption

Electricity use, performance year (report kilowatt-hours):

	kWh	MMBtu
Imported electricity	3,138,754 Kilowatt-hours	10,709.43 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	4,583,584 Kilowatt-hours	15,639.19 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, performance year (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	100,381 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:

126,729.62 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

92,279.81 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	3,557.81 Square meters
Healthcare space	0 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	0 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

99,395.43 Gross square meters

Performance year heating and cooling degree days

Degree days, performance year:

	Degree days
Heating degree days	4,612.78 Degree-Days (°C)
Cooling degree days	372.78 Degree-Days (°C)

Total degree days, performance year:

4,985.56 Degree-Days (°C)

Performance period

Start and end dates of the performance year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Performance period	Jan. 1, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:

78.93 Btu / GSM / Degree-Day (°C)

Part 2. Reduction in source energy use per unit of floor area

Baseline year energy consumption

STARS 2.2 requires electricity data in kilowatt-hours (kWh). If a baseline has already been established in a previous version of STARS and the institution wishes to continue using it, the electricity data must be re-entered in kWh. To convert existing electricity figures from MMBtu to kWh, simply multiply by 293.07107 MMBtu/kWh.

Electricity use, baseline year (report kWh):

	kWh	MMBtu
Imported electricity	6,385,139 Kilowatt-hours	21,786.09 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	3,212,136 Kilowatt-hours	10,959.81 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, baseline year (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	93,713 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:

126,458.90 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:

89,304.59 Gross square meters

Baseline period

Start and end dates of the baseline year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Baseline period	Jan. 1, 2006	Dec. 31, 2006

A brief description of when and why the energy consumption baseline was adopted:

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Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:

	Site energy	Source energy
Performance year	1.37 MMBtu per square meter	1.61 MMBtu per square meter
Baseline year	1.42 MMBtu per square meter	1.90 MMBtu per square meter

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Percentage reduction in total source energy consumption per unit of floor area from baseline:

15.68

Optional Fields

Documentation 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:

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A brief description of energy use standards and controls 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 Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:

Lights in the NORTH and WEST parking lots are LEDs and dark-sky compliant. We have replaced most of the lighting at UMN Morris with LEDs.

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:

Our on-site biomass gasification plant is also combined-heat-and-power. The plant can use natural gas or biomass. Using a 300kW back pressure steam turbine, the plant makes the electricity that helps run the plant.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment, and systems with high efficiency alternatives:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency program 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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