Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	70.33
Liaison	Enid Cardinal
Submission Date	March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Rochester Institute of Technology
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

3.57 / 4.00

Enid Cardinal
Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President
Office of the President

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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 to Medium

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	143,676,000 Gallons	190,022,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	143,676,000 Gallons	190,022,000 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2019	June 30, 2020
Baseline Period	July 1, 2008	June 30, 2009

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	6,385	8,263
Number of employees resident on-site	10	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	13,394	12,493
Full-time equivalent of employees	3,731	3,231
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	601	219
Weighted campus users	13,991.75	13,694.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	10,268.62 Gallons	13,875.79 Gallons

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

26.00

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	6,031,204 Gross square feet	5,340,846 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	23.82 Gallons per square foot	35.58 Gallons per square foot

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

33.04

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	207.43 Acres	207.43 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	692,648.12 Gallons per acre	916,077.71 Gallons per acre

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

24.39

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:

Both Engineering Technology Hall and Sustainability Institute Hall collect rainwater from the roof into basement cisterns. The water is used to flush toilets in the restrooms and irrigate the landscaping outside.

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

RIT has retrofitted older fixtures with high efficiency fixtures, reduced irrigation and consolidated its cooling towers.

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

https://www.rit.edu/sustainablecampus/water#conservation

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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