Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.02
Liaison Nathan King
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2014
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Virginia Tech
OP-7: Building Energy Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 8.00 Ruben Avagyan
Campus Energy Manager
Facilities Services
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Total building energy consumption, 2005:
1,032,768 MMBtu

Building space, 2005 :
7,503,425 Gross square feet

Total building energy consumption, performance year:
2,044,829 MMBtu

Building space, performance year:
8,763,705 Gross square feet

List the start and end dates of the energy consumption performance year:
1/1/2013-12/31/2013

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

While Virginia Tech has made, and will continue to make, reductions in building energy consumption, several large energy intensive, research-oriented buildings have been constructed on campus since the 2005 baseline year resulting in negative progress for this credit relative to 2005.

For the fifth year in a row, the Virginia Tech community exceeded its goal during Light’s Out!/Power Down! 2014 held on the Blacksburg campus June 26th. Preliminary results indicate the university reduced its campus electrical demand to an average 18,575 kilowatts for the hour. The goal was 21,000 kilowatts for the hour. For more information see http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/07/071514-vpa-powerdownresults.html


While Virginia Tech has made, and will continue to make, reductions in building energy consumption, several large energy intensive, research-oriented buildings have been constructed on campus since the 2005 baseline year resulting in negative progress for this credit relative to 2005.

For the fifth year in a row, the Virginia Tech community exceeded its goal during Light’s Out!/Power Down! 2014 held on the Blacksburg campus June 26th. Preliminary results indicate the university reduced its campus electrical demand to an average 18,575 kilowatts for the hour. The goal was 21,000 kilowatts for the hour. For more information see http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/07/071514-vpa-powerdownresults.html

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