Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 45.27 |
Liaison | Meghna Tare |
Submission Date | July 12, 2016 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of Texas at Arlington
OP-8: Building Energy Consumption
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.18 / 6.00 |
Meghna
Tare Director Office of Sustainability |
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Total building energy consumption, all sources (transportation fuels excluded):
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total building energy consumption | 707,587 MMBtu | 619,725 MMBtu |
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Purchased electricity and steam:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Grid-purchased electricity | 374,683 MMBtu | 310,470 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 | 596,604.02 Gross square meters | 434,949.64 Gross square meters |
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Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year::
Floor Area | |
Laboratory space | 27,721.23 Square meters |
Healthcare space | 372.73 Square meters |
Other energy intensive space |
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Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F)::
Degree days (see help icon above) | |
Heating degree days | 2,502 |
Cooling degree days | 3,462 |
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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 | Sept. 9, 2014 | Aug. 31, 2015 |
Baseline Year | Sept. 9, 2014 | Aug. 31, 2015 |
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A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted:
2005 was adopted as the baseline because this is when the office of sustainability was able to get accurate data
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A brief description of any building temperature standards employed by the institution:
The Siemens Apogee Energy Management System provides automated, schedule-based temperature setback control to the majority of campus building HVAC systems.
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A brief description of any light emitting diode (LED) lighting employed by the institution:
LED lighting fixtures are being tested in several indoor and outdoor applications around campus.
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A brief description of any occupancy and/or vacancy sensors employed by the institution:
Several buildings on campus utilize dual-technology (PIR/Infrared and Ultrasonic) occupancy sensors to control area lighting.
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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:
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A brief description of any cogeneration technologies employed by the institution:
None.
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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:
The campus utilizes the Siemens Apogee Energy Management System, which is connected to nearly all buildings on campus.
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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:
Vending machine motion sensors are installed on nearly all vending machines on campus, completed in 2009 as part of a $10m ECM contract with Siemens.
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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:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The Fiscal year for UTA is from Sept 14- Aug 15
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