Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	74.42
Liaison	Mary-Lee Townsend
Submission Date	Feb. 1, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Western University
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.62 / 4.00

Connor Donald
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management

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Level of ”Physical Risk QUANTITY” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	923,798 Cubic meters	866,713 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	923,798 Cubic meters	866,713 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	Jan. 1, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Baseline Year	Jan. 1, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010

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	5,335	5,575
Number of employees resident on-site	8	810
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	377	377
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	32,529	27,410
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	6,220	6,000
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	875	822
Weighted campus users	30,118.25	26,414.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	923,798 Cubic meters	866,713 Cubic meters

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

6.52

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	830,066.83 Gross square meters	721,178.03 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	27.31 Cubic meters per square meter	29.50 Cubic meters per square meter

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

7.40

Part 3

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):

Yes

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	134.63 Hectares	135.68 Hectares

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	733,585.16 Cubic meters per hectare	682,916.76 Cubic meters per hectare

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

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:

Installation of water meters on 90% of the buildings, whose real-time consumption is publicly available on Western’s energy dashboard

A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:

Cisterns • CMLP: Use of greywater for toilets and urinals (currently not operational) • FIMS/Nursing: Used for stormwater management and for flushing toilets and urinals • Ivey: Used for stormwater management and for the reflective pond. Evaporation from this pond pre-cools the air for one of the AHUs intake. • Ontario Hall Residence: Used for stormwater management and irrigation of the courtyard. When the cistern is empty, no irrigation takes place on the building site.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives (e.g. building retrofits):

Replacement of water-cooled equipment around campus: - Desktop chillers in labs replaced by refrigerant, closed-loop units in Chemistry Building - Process and building equipment (e.g., vaccum, pumps, etc.) has been replaced with non-water cooled or recirculating alternatives - Urinals, toilets, flush valves and other fixtures have been replaced with water-efficient units in Western’s most transited/used buildings (i.e., UCC, WL, SSC) and most recently, in Delaware Hall (residence) - Old, ineffective booster pumps have been replaced with more efficient and effective alternatives, controlled via VFDs - Improvements to cooling towers have been made to improve their efficiency. Some even have their own water meters. - Development of standards for any minor project undertaken on campus, involving water fixtures. These standards identify the maximum flows allowed for each type of fixture.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://sustainability.uwo.ca/initiatives/water/water.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

Water Use Answer.docx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Information was provided by: Mary Quintana, MES, MSc, BESc, CEM®, LEED Green Associate Energy & Carbon Manager Western University e: mary.quintana@uwo.ca t: (519) 661-2111, ext 89300

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