Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	63.24
Liaison	Victoria Ho
Submission Date	Feb. 8, 2024

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OCAD University
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

6.00 / 6.00

Nick Hooper
Director
Facilities & Studio Services

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Level of ”Physical Risk Quantity” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

High

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

Total water withdrawal (potable and non-potable combined):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	12,077.40 Cubic meters	17,747 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	12,077.40 Cubic meters	17,747 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Baseline Period	Jan. 1, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016

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:

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	0	0
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	4,896.30	4,286.55
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,032	1,032
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	4,446.23	3,988.91

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	2.72 Cubic meters	4.45 Cubic meters

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

38.95

Part 2. Reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	32,471.88 Gross square meters	32,199.12 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	0.37 Cubic meters per square meter	0.55 Cubic meters per square meter

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

32.52

Part 3. Reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	1.07 Hectares	1.07 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	11,264.15 Cubic meters per hectare	16,551.98 Cubic meters per hectare

Percentage reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:

31.95

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

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

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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Water consumption has been tracked and recorded for all properties where OCAD U is charged for water consumption by the City of Toronto and has access to the consumption data. Hence, the buildings' ''Gross Floor Area'' (square meters) reported here is less than the ''Gross Floor Area'' (square meters) in PRE-3. However, within this smaller subset of properties, some water consumption is not included in this reporting, as the buildings are co-owned and/or condominiums, and OCAD does not have access to consumption data. These spaces are smaller and lightly used, and water consumption would be nominal (49 McCaul, 51 McCaul, 199 Richmond St. W).