Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	65.27
Liaison	Suchi Daniels
Submission Date	Feb. 22, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of South Florida (Tampa)
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.00 / 5.00

Suchi Urs Daniels, RA, LEED AP BD + C,
Quality Assurance Program Manager/Project Manager
Facilities Planning

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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	---	354,887,919 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	355,939,371 Gallons	104,796,631 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2015	June 30, 2016
Baseline Year	July 1, 2007	June 30, 2008

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:

USF System President Judy Genshaft signed the AMERICAN COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS CLIMATE COMMITMENT letter on April 12, 2008, establishing the baseline for all STARS reporting.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	7,874	4,229
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	33,413	25,020
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	8,284	13,190
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	4,548	1,528
Weighted campus users	29,830.25	28,568.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	11,932.16 Gallons	3,668.23 Gallons

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

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	10,133,730 Gross square feet	5,175,245 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	35.12 Gallons per square foot	20.25 Gallons per square foot

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

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	1,431 Acres	1,431 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	247,999.94 Gallons per acre

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

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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:

SGEF has replaced existing drinking fountains with bottle filling stations.

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

Non-potable storm water is used by the USF main campus and Golf Course for irrigation. Rainwater harvesting, along with condensate is captured, treated and used at The Dr. Kiran C. Patel center for Global Solutions for the flushing of toilets. HVAC mechanical condensate supply the water for two iconic USF fountains: the ""Bull Fountain"" at the Marshall Student Center and the Leroy Collins Boulevard Fountain at the main entrance to the university. HVAC mechanical condensate also supply irrigation water for Collins Park, located to the south of the USF Main Library.

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 Green Living community student housing was retrofitted with water saving shower heads.

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

http://www.pplant.usf.edu/index.php/additional-information/sustainability-initiatives

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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