Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	77.06
Liaison	Laura Bain
Submission Date	June 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

Furman University
OP-5: Building Energy Efficiency

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.78 / 6.00	Laura Bain Associate Director of Sustainability Assessment David E. Shi Center for Sustainability

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Part 1. Site energy use per unit of floor area

Performance year energy consumption

Electricity use, performance year (report kilowatt-hours):

	kWh	MMBtu
Imported electricity	29,604,870 Kilowatt-hours	101,011.82 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	1,362,908 Kilowatt-hours	4,650.24 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, performance year (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	85,954.19 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, performance year:

191,616.25 MMBtu

Performance year building space

Gross floor area of building space, performance year:

208,867.78 Gross square meters

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:

	Floor area
Laboratory space	5,627.51 Square meters
Healthcare space	0 Square meters
Other energy intensive space	6,169.60 Square meters

EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:

226,292.38 Gross square meters

Performance year heating and cooling degree days

Degree days, performance year:

	Degree days
Heating degree days	1,605 Degree-Days (°C)
Cooling degree days	1,130 Degree-Days (°C)

Total degree days, performance year:

2,735 Degree-Days (°C)

Performance period

Start and end dates of the performance year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Performance period	July 1, 2018	June 30, 2019

Metric used in scoring for Part 1

Total site energy consumption per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:

95.56 Btu / GSM / Degree-Day (°C)

Part 2. Reduction in source energy use per unit of floor area

Baseline year energy consumption

STARS 2.2 requires electricity data in kilowatt-hours (kWh). If a baseline has already been established in a previous version of STARS and the institution wishes to continue using it, the electricity data must be re-entered in kWh. To convert existing electricity figures from MMBtu to kWh, simply multiply by 293.07107 MMBtu/kWh.

Electricity use, baseline year (report kWh):

	kWh	MMBtu
Imported electricity	22,587,280.45 Kilowatt-hours	77,067.80 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, non-combustion facilities/devices (e.g., renewable energy systems)	40,824.80 Kilowatt-hours	139.29 MMBtu

Stationary fuels and thermal energy, baseline year (report MMBtu):

	MMBtu
Stationary fuels used on-site to generate electricity and/or thermal energy	107,386.02 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water	0 MMBtu

Total site energy consumption, baseline year:

184,593.12 MMBtu

Baseline year building space

Gross floor area of building space, baseline year:

143,836.61 Gross square meters

Baseline period

Start and end dates of the baseline year (or 3-year period):

	Start date	End date
Baseline period	July 1, 2004	June 30, 2005

A brief description of when and why the energy consumption baseline was adopted:

Furman's fiscal year 2012 STARS report utilized the baseline year 2005, thus for consistency, the 2005 baseline remained.

Source energy

Source-site ratio for imported electricity:

Total energy consumption per unit of floor area:

	Site energy	Source energy
Performance year	0.92 MMBtu per square meter	1.88 MMBtu per square meter
Baseline year	1.28 MMBtu per square meter	2.35 MMBtu per square meter

Metric used in scoring for Part 2

Percentage reduction in total source energy consumption per unit of floor area from baseline:

19.97

Optional Fields

Documentation to support the performance year energy consumption figures reported above:

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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency:

We are drafting a temperature set point policy now (2020)

A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution:

Some buildings are controlled by a Building Automation System

A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:

LED lighting is being installed systematically across campus

A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:

The Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities and Hipp Hall both utilize passive solar heating. A ground-source geothermal system was installed in North Village, our junior/senior apartment complex, in 2013. The system includes 24 heat pumps and 20 wells for each apartment building. Each well is 517 feet deep. https://news.furman.edu/2013/01/18/north-village-geothermal-project-nearly-complete/

A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution:

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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment, and systems with high efficiency alternatives:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency program is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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