Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 33.15
Liaison Mark Kirkpatrick
Submission Date July 23, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Loyalist College
OP-26: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 3.00 Becky MacWhirter
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:
Low to Medium

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use 16,492,356.96 Gallons 17,000,618.89 Gallons

Potable water use::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 16,492,356.96 Gallons 17,000,618.89 Gallons

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 561 561
Number of residential employees 0 0
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 1,883.85 1,914.57
Full-time equivalent of employees 460 464
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 786,626 Square feet 786,626 Square feet

Area of vegetated grounds::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds 178 Acres 178 Acres

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2013 Dec. 31, 2013
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2012 Dec. 31, 2012

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:

Consistent with data availability for weighted campus users


Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:
0 Gallons

Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:
0 Gallons

A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any building retrofit practices employed by the institution, e.g. to install high efficiency plumbing fixtures and fittings:
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A brief description of any policies or programs employed by the institution to replace appliances, equipment and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

When purchasing new appliances, equipment and systems, Loyalist employs Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) as a matter of policy and practice to evaluate energy and water-using products and systems.


A brief description of any water-efficient landscape design practices employed by the institution (e.g. xeriscaping):

Loyalist does not employ irrigation anywhere on its Wallbridge-Loyalist campus.


A brief description of any weather-informed irrigation technologies employed by the institution:
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A brief description of other water conservation and efficiency strategies employed by the institution:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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