| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 51.17 |
| Liaison | Tom Hartzell |
| Submission Date | Feb. 22, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Calvin University
IC-2: Operational Characteristics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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N/A |
Endowment size:
Total campus area:
IECC climate region:
Locale:
Gross floor area of building space:
Conditioned floor area:
Floor area of laboratory space:
Floor area of healthcare space:
Floor area of other energy intensive space:
Floor area of residential space:
Electricity use by source::
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | 43 |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | --- |
| Natural gas | 37 |
| Nuclear | 8 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 1 |
| Wind | 6 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 100 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
For the purposes of this current STARS submission, some off-campus buildings are not included in the building square footage, the campus' footprint, nor the GHG emissions inventory. There is no data currently about this aspects of them. We hope to change this in the future.
These off-campus buildings include: the Raybrook building that houses the Center for Social Research, the Project Neighborhood homes, and the downtown art center. It is unclear how these will affect the points earned for the GHG emissions credit.
However, to be conservative, we are not including in the campus footprint the acres of the Nature preserve nor the 100 acres of woods near Flat Iron Lake owned by Calvin, nor Walden Lake campgrounds Calvin owns, or other lands that could have possible been counted as carbon sequestration lands.
For the purposes of this current STARS submission, some off-campus buildings are not included in the building square footage, the campus' footprint, nor the GHG emissions inventory. There is no data currently about this aspects of them. We hope to change this in the future.
These off-campus buildings include: the Raybrook building that houses the Center for Social Research, the Project Neighborhood homes, and the downtown art center. It is unclear how these will affect the points earned for the GHG emissions credit.
However, to be conservative, we are not including in the campus footprint the acres of the Nature preserve nor the 100 acres of woods near Flat Iron Lake owned by Calvin, nor Walden Lake campgrounds Calvin owns, or other lands that could have possible been counted as carbon sequestration lands.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.