Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	56.93
Liaison	Christina Erickson
Submission Date	May 9, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Champlain College
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.00 / 4.00

Tom Bonnette
Director
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	---	10,073,357 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	9,234,701 Gallons	10,073,357 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2017	June 30, 2018
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:

First year of data collection.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,085	841
Number of employees resident on-site	6	6
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	3,891	1,999
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	578	385
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,629	450
Weighted campus users	2,402.75	1,662.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	3,843.39 Gallons	6,060.07 Gallons

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

36.58

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	869,342 Gross square feet	537,137 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	10.62 Gallons per square foot	18.75 Gallons per square foot

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

43.36

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	12.60 Acres	8 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	1,259,169.63 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:

Student Eco-Reps encourage water conservation in the residence halls through bathroom signage, bulletin boards, and verbal reminders. Also reminders to not use toilets as trash cans, which can further pollute our local waterways - especially related to pharmaceuticals.

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

None currently for indoor / gray water. Several exterior water catchment systems to redirect stormwater into underground storage tanks, bioswales, and constructed wetland.

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):

All shower heads were replaced with low flow fixtures in 2007. Control the modulation of boiler water temperatures. Regulate hot water discharge with hot water mixing valves. Replaced all campus washing machines with high efficiency models. See http://www.champlain.edu/student-life/campus-and-community-programs/sustain-champlain/programs-sustain-champlain/campus-operations

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

http://www.champlain.edu/student-life/campus-and-community-programs/sustain-champlain/programs-sustain-champlain/campus-operations

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Water consumption usage comes from Burlington Public Works monthly bills. Vegetated acreage confirmed by Physical Plant grounds staff.

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