Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	64.57
Liaison	Sherri Mason
Submission Date	June 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.37 / 4.00

Sherri Mason
Director of Sustainability
School of Science

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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:

Low

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	23,599,000 Gallons	24,632,388 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	23,599,000 Gallons	24,632,388 Gallons

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	July 1, 2018	June 30, 2019

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:

Behrend hired its first campus sustainability coordinator in January 2019. The AY 2017-2018 and/or FY 2018-2019 was therefore chosen as the baseline for this report.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,185	1,523
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	3,673	4,343
Full-time equivalent of employees	654	668
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	409	207
Weighted campus users	3,234.75	3,983.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	7,295.46 Gallons	6,183.22 Gallons

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

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	1,369,180.40 Gross square feet	1,369,180.40 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	17.24 Gallons per square foot	17.99 Gallons per square foot

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

4.20

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	408 Acres	408 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	57,840.69 Gallons per acre	60,373.50 Gallons per acre

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

4.20

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:

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