Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.55
Liaison Cesar Nanni
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Universidad de Monterrey
OP-26: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.39 / 6.00 César Alfredo Nanni
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Center for Sustainability
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Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:
Extremely High

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use 223,931 Cubic meters 220,882.18 Cubic meters

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Potable water use::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 67,520 Cubic meters 106,540.12 Cubic meters

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 842 612
Number of residential employees 20 10
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 8,207 8,784
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,354 1,219
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

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Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 60,543.10 Square meters 46,225.98 Square meters

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Area of vegetated grounds::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds 9.32 Hectares 8.66 Hectares

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2010 Dec. 31, 2010

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A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
The base line year is 2010, this decision was made because of accessibility of data and also was the year the university decided to be a sustainable institution. After this year, the Sustainabilitu Center was created and many sustainable strategies started.

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Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:
0 Cubic meters

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Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:
156,411 Cubic meters

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A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:
The University of Monterrey uses treated wastewater for irrigation. This non-potable water is the effluent of an industrial wastewater treatment plant. Water-quality data are available on the web site.

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A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any building retrofit practices employed by the institution, e.g. to install high efficiency plumbing fixtures and fittings:
Faucet aerators Low flow toilets and urinals Low flow toilet handles

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A brief description of any policies or programs employed by the institution to replace appliances, equipment and systems with water-efficient alternatives:
Tha maintenance and construction department has into their policies that all new equipment shall be water saving.

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A brief description of any water-efficient landscape design practices employed by the institution (e.g. xeriscaping):
Landcape design for the campus establishes the use of native species and drought tolerant plantings and removal of invasive species. The irrigation is made with dripping method.

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A brief description of any weather-informed irrigation technologies employed by the institution:
There is no weather irrigation technologies, in case of a rainy day the irigation process is cancelled.

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A brief description of other water conservation and efficiency strategies employed by the institution:
The Sustainability Center in partnership with the Maintenance and Residencial College have a water saving campaign. Also during the semester on certain activities to promote sustainability the water and energy saving programs are shown.

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The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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