Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 54.45 |
Liaison | Claudia Kent |
Submission Date | June 30, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Haverford College
OP-22: Water Use
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.00 / 5.00 |
Bill
Anderko Asst Director Facilities Management: Maintenance Facilities Management |
Level of ”Physical Risk QUANTITY” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:
Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use | --- | 32,548,391 Gallons |
Potable water use:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use | 43,549,000 Gallons | 32,364,071 Gallons |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | July 1, 2015 | June 30, 2016 |
Baseline Year | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2011 |
A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
The baseline year was adopted as the first year that a complete GHG inventory was performed in accordance with ACUPCC requiremenets, and the year we were required to make our first inventory submittal under the ACUPCC program.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 1,235 | 1,177 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 83 | 77 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 1,268 | 1,177 |
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | 555 | 614 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 0 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 1,696.75 | 1,656.75 |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per weighted campus user | 25,666.13 Gallons | 19,534.67 Gallons |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area | 1,717,556 Gross square feet | 1,490,284 Gross square feet |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per unit of floor area | 25.36 Gallons per square foot | 21.72 Gallons per square foot |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):
Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Vegetated grounds | 179.39 Acres | 178.34 Acres |
Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds | 0 Gallons per acre | 182,507.52 Gallons per acre |
Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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:
Since last update refrigerated bottled water dispensers have been eliminated across campus and replaced by 14 water bottle filling stations with visable counters on each. The result has been an elimination of over 50,000 plastic water bottles per year that otherwise would have been landfilled.
A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
The Gardener Integrated Athletic Center is equipped with a 15,000 gallon capacity gray water system. The GIAC is the campus athletic center: 36,390 sq ft. The grey water system is currently being refurbished.
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):
All upgraded & new plumbing fixtures/faucets are low consumption type with sensors.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
There are three main water meters that are used to calculate water usage.
-98 Railroad Ave.
-155 Haverford Rd
-370 Lancaster Ave
There are three main water meters that are used to calculate water usage.
-98 Railroad Ave.
-155 Haverford Rd
-370 Lancaster Ave
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