Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	66.30
Liaison	Andrea Trimble
Submission Date	March 1, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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University of Virginia
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

1.23 / 5.00

Andrew Pettit
Sustainability Analyst
UVA Office for Sustainability

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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	---	515,474,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	514,519,000 Gallons	515,474,000 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	Jan. 1, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Baseline Year	Jan. 1, 2010	Dec. 31, 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:

This baseline aligns with UVA's sustainability Plan

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	6,799	6,216
Number of employees resident on-site	93	159
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	600	570
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	22,405	20,297
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	15,462	13,289
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	30,723.25	27,353.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	16,746.89 Gallons	18,845.07 Gallons

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

11.13

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	17,078,000 Gross square feet	15,574,997 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	30.13 Gallons per square foot	33.10 Gallons per square foot

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

8.97

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	766 Acres	752 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	685,470.74 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:

- UVA Committee on Sustainability Water Working Group - World Water - a month of events annually in March: https://uvaworldwater.org/ Outreach, Engagement, and Communications Sustainability Advocates (students) Student Employees – recycling, promotions, water, energy, and student outreach teams (students) Green Labs Program (students, staff, and faculty) Green Workplace Program (staff and faculty) Sustainability Partners (staff and community) Annual Events (i.e. Earth Week, U.Va. Sustainability Day, Game Day Challenge) Annual Competitions (i.e. Dorm Energy Race) Greening existing events (i.e. zero waste support) Community support (i.e. Georgetown University Energy Prize) Communications support - signage, website, social media, Sustainanewsletter, Green Tips

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

UVa has several cisterns that collect water for use at both times of draught and for landscaping establishment and gardening purposes. Since those cisterns are not metered, the rainwater collected and subsequently reused is not included in the totals above. The University has also installed multiple condensate recovery systems. These systems captures air handler condensate (the liquid product of dehumidification) and sends it to our chiller plants for use in the cooling towers. Generally these systems recover over 1 million gallons a year.

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):

EPA Water Sense fixtures are required for all new projects and in-kind replacements. LEED certification of new construction, major renovations and large interior fit outs is required. These projects are often use ultra-low consumption to maximize their LEED rating.

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

http://www.virginia.edu/sustainability/water-2/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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