Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	45.40
Liaison	Danielle Smith
Submission Date	Aug. 23, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

2.82 / 4.00

Mike Hardy
Sustainability Officer
Facilities Management

"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Level of ”Physical Risk QUANTITY” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	331,599 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	247,352 Gallons	331,599 Gallons

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	May 1, 2015	April 30, 2016
Baseline Year	May 1, 2007	April 30, 2010

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:

Water use baselines are adopted based on the year a energy project was undertaken. The baseline represent a re-retrofit condition. This has been adopted under the energy management program.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,290.50	1,320
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	256.17	364.78
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	6,748.83	7,230.13
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	1,725.21	1,848.56
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,687	791.33
Weighted campus users	5,669.08	6,910.30

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	43.63 Gallons	47.99 Gallons

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

9.07

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	2,622,632 Gross square feet	2,622,632 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	0.09 Gallons per square foot	0.13 Gallons per square foot

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

25.41

Part 3

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

Yes

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	65.92 Acres	62.74 Acres

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	0 Gallons per acre	5,285.29 Gallons per acre

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

---

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:

---

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

---

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):

---

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

---

Additional documentation to support the submission:

---

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

---