University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
IC-2: Operational Characteristics

0.8% is Biofuels

Steam used for heating is all sourced from natural gas cogeneration plant located outside of the City of Whitewater and provided to campus through a combination of above-ground and below-ground steam lines. On-campus generation is limited to emergency backup steam with heating plant boilers and electricity with diesel/natural gas emergency generators. Energy intensive spaces were determined using classification codes for Class Labs (210), Open Labs (220), and Research Labs (250) to determine the laboratory space. While some of these areas can probably be better defined in the future, using these relatively broad classifications ensured that all spaces (like computer labs) were included under a use code that might also include some less energy-intensive space. Service area classifications commonly used for storage or support rooms (215,225,255) were omitted. A similar determination was used to include food service areas and associated service areas (630, 635). It is not easily identifiable which specific areas might have higher energy use without a more detailed assessment of each individual space. All central computer or telecommunications spaces (710/715) were included. All greenhouse space was included (580). Health care space includes all areas in the 800 series not easily identifiable as low-energy areas (like waiting rooms).