Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 49.94 |
Liaison | Jane Stewart |
Submission Date | March 3, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Washington and Lee University
OP-22: Water Use
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.69 / 5.00 |
Dave
Merchan University Engineer Facilities Management |
Level of ”Physical Risk QUANTITY” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:
Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use | --- | 41,738,628 Gallons |
Potable water use:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use | 35,503,480 Gallons | 41,216,628 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, 2010 | June 30, 2011 |
A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
Baseline data is from FY2010/2011 and is being used because it the start of a new sustainability effort on campus.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 949 | 1,086 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 74 | 31 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 2,170 | 2,172 |
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | 901 | 761 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 0 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 2,559 | 2,479 |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per weighted campus user | 13,873.97 Gallons | 16,626.31 Gallons |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area | 2,306,175 Gross Square Feet | 2,306,175 Gross Square Feet |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per unit of floor area | 15.39 Gallons / GSF | 17.87 Gallons / GSF |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):
Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Vegetated grounds | 118 Acres | 40 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 / Acre | 1,043,465.70 Gallons / Acre |
Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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:
Office of Sustainability initiated a program to install waterproof bluetooth speakers in residence hall shower rooms and provided playlists with songs of 4 minutes or less to help students minimize shower times. (They were asked to get out after two songs.)
A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
The only rain harvesting Washington and Lee conducts is collecting rainwater on top of the cooling towers and dropping it into the sump. There is no harvested water used for irrigation yet.
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):
Shower heads across campus were replaced with low flow shower heads. Low flow plumbing fixtures are now the University's standard moving forward on construction/renovation projects.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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