Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.26
Liaison Lacey Raak
Submission Date Sept. 8, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

California State University, Monterey Bay
OP-8: Building Energy Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.60 / 6.00 Michael Lerch
Assistant Director of Energy
Facilities Services & Operations
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Total building energy consumption, all sources (transportation fuels excluded):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total building energy consumption 102,704 MMBtu 106,497 MMBtu

Purchased electricity and steam:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Grid-purchased electricity 39,286 MMBtu 45,100 MMBtu
District steam/hot water 0 MMBtu 0 MMBtu

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 2,131,005 Gross square feet 1,801,142 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year::
Floor Area
Laboratory space 40,410 Square feet
Healthcare space 0 Square feet
Other energy intensive space

Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F)::
Degree days (see help icon above)
Heating degree days 2,663
Cooling degree days 0

Source-site ratios::
Source-Site Ratio (see help icon above)
Grid-purchased electricity 3.14
District steam/hot water 1.20

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods)::
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2015 June 30, 2016
Baseline Year July 1, 2009 June 30, 2010

A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted:
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A brief description of any building temperature standards employed by the institution:

Thou shalt not heat above 68F nor cool mechanically below 76F


A brief description of any light emitting diode (LED) lighting employed by the institution:

Conversion of streetlights


A brief description of any occupancy and/or vacancy sensors employed by the institution:

Lighting & hvac in select spaces


A brief description of any passive solar heating employed by the institution:

none


A brief description of any ground-source heat pumps employed by the institution:

none


A brief description of any cogeneration technologies employed by the institution:

None


A brief description of any building recommissioning or retrofit program employed by the institution:

Extensive recommissioning before baseline year, some medium equipment retrofits such as VFD on supply fans.


A brief description of any energy metering and management systems employed by the institution:

Real time electricity metering on all buildings tied into EMS. Buildings with hot water heating real time metering tied into EMS. Gas & water metering on all buildings but manual reads.


A brief description of the institution's program to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives:

Retrofit as opportunities and funding becomes available.


A brief description of any energy-efficient landscape design initiatives employed by the institution:

Switching to Drought tolerant landscapes.


A brief description of any vending machine sensors, lightless machines, or LED-lit machines employed by the institution:

some presence sensing, not widespread implementation.


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:
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