| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.18 |
| Liaison | Ezra Small |
| Submission Date | Feb. 5, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
OP-8: Building Energy Consumption
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.02 / 6.00 |
Ezra
Small Sustainability Manager Physical Plant |
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Total building energy consumption, all sources (transportation fuels excluded):
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total building energy consumption | 2,071,653 MMBtu | 1,756,048 MMBtu |
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Purchased electricity and steam:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Grid-purchased electricity | 130,300 MMBtu | 380,353 MMBtu |
| District steam/hot water | 0 MMBtu | 0 MMBtu |
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Gross floor area of building space::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Gross floor area | 12,239,033 Gross square feet | 9,989,626 Gross square feet |
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Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year::
| Floor Area | |
| Laboratory space | 2,745,631 Square feet |
| Healthcare space | 68,362 Square feet |
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Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F)::
| Degree days (see help icon above) | |
| Heating degree days | 6,410 |
| Cooling degree days | 942 |
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Source-site ratios::
| Source-Site Ratio (see help icon above) | |
| Grid-purchased electricity | 3.14 |
| District steam/hot water | 1.20 |
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods)::
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Year | July 1, 2012 | July 1, 2013 |
| Baseline Year | July 1, 2001 | July 1, 2004 |
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A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted:
UMass Amherst is mandated to report annual building energy consumption to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MA DOER) Leading by Example Program (LBE) which administers the goals of the Executive Order 484. The LBE program compares annual building energy consumption and overall emissions data to a 2002-2004 3 year average baseline.
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A brief description of any building temperature standards employed by the institution:
Most of the buildings on campus are controlled by a Building Automation System in a coordinated web accessible campus architecture which uses scheduling for temperature setbacks during unoccupied times.
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A brief description of any light emitting diode (LED) lighting employed by the institution:
The University has engaged in a number of LED conversion programs over the last three to four years. In 2011, all of the traffic lights on campus were converted to LED's and between 2013 and 2014 the campus ordered and installed over 5,000 LED's from the leading by Example Department of Energy Resources LED Replacement Bulb Project. These bulbs have been installed throughout campus in auditoriums, campus center, Fine Arts Center, academic classroom building lobbies, administration buildings, and residence halls.
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A brief description of any occupancy and/or vacancy sensors employed by the institution:
Room by room occupancy sensors, specifically motion and infrared, for HVAC and lighting are used throughout campus in multiple buildings, particularly the newer buildings.
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A brief description of any passive solar heating employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any ground-source heat pumps employed by the institution:
Two campus buildings not on the central steam system have ground source heat pump technology. These two buildings are the Research Administration Building and the LEED certified UMass Police Station.
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A brief description of any cogeneration technologies employed by the institution:
http://www.umass.edu/sustainability/green-campus/award-winning-central-heating-plant
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A brief description of any building recommissioning or retrofit program employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any energy metering and management systems employed by the institution:
Johnson Controls Metasys is the name of the building automation system and is used along with individual building steam water and electric meters.
"Metasys is the most comprehensive building management system available today. It provides the essential instrumentation and control you need to coordinate, regulate and manage your building systems."
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A brief description of the institution's program to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives:
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A brief description of any energy-efficient landscape design initiatives employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any vending machine sensors, lightless machines, or LED-lit machines employed by the institution:
For all beverage machines, UMass partners with Coca-Cola and all of their machines on campus have sensors to conserve energy.
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A brief description of other energy conservation and efficiency initiatives employed by the institution:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Our campus began benchmarking this in response to Massachusetts Executive Order 484, and our baseline year for comparison is 2002-2004 3 year average. Although our total energy building consumption has gone up since then, it dropped considerably in FY05 and FY06 after implantation of our energy savings plan (assisted by Johnson Controls).
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All energy consumption and SF data originates from the calculations that MA DOER does with our annual LBE fuel/electricity consumption report.
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