Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	69.26
Liaison	Gioia Thompson
Submission Date	March 1, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Vermont
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.89 / 4.00

Nicholas Hartshorn
Facilities Operations Analyst
Physical Plant

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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:

Low

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	151,950,694.62 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	20,101,268.86 Gallons	20,058,182.39 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, 2006	June 30, 2007

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:

Used same baseline of FY07 and performance year of FY16 when possible for all building-related performance measures. Period of 2007-2016 corresponded with significant changes to the campus, consistently measured data sets.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	4,954	4,791
Number of employees resident on-site	19	19
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	12,251	10,805
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	3,676	3,437
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	47	2
Weighted campus users	13,153.25	11,882.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	1,528.24 Gallons	1,688.04 Gallons

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

9.47

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	5,656,908 Gross square feet	5,250,510 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	3.55 Gallons per square foot	3.82 Gallons per square foot

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

6.98

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	4,162.28 Acres	4,001 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	37,978.18 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:

Signage in residence halls reminding students not to leave water running. Signs in kitchens reminding staff to report leaks and drips.

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

Recent upgrade of recovery system for steam condensate at the Central Heating & Cooling Plant.

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):

Dining policy to thaw in fridge instead of under running water.

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:

Baseline year for vegetated grounds is FY14 because FY07 is not available and FY14 is the closest year that we have data for. As to how we determined potable vs non, we pulled any utilities flagged as just “water” into the potable category, whereas any identified as “water/sewer” were included in the total use. It is possible and likely that there is more potable water use than what is reflected in the figures, but we have no way of breaking it out with any greater degree of specificity.