| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 54.91 |
| Liaison | Andy Mitchell |
| Submission Date | July 17, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Illinois Chicago
OP-5: Building Energy Consumption
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.86 / 6.00 |
Cynthia
Klein-Banai Associate Chancellor for Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
Figures needed to determine total building energy consumption:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Grid-purchased electricity | 812,400 MMBtu | 226,271 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site renewables | 410.43 MMBtu | 0 MMBtu |
| District steam/hot water (sourced from offsite) | 0 MMBtu | 0 MMBtu |
| Energy from all other sources (e.g., natural gas, fuel oil, propane/LPG, district chilled water, coal/coke, biomass) | 2,966,921 MMBtu | 3,816,666 MMBtu |
| Total | 3,779,731.43 MMBtu | 4,042,937 MMBtu |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Year | July 1, 2016 | June 30, 2017 |
| Baseline Year | July 1, 2003 | June 30, 2004 |
A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):
This baseline was adopted because the necessary data was unavailable before July 1, 2003. The baseline also aligns with the baseline of UIC's Climate Action Plan.
Gross floor area of building space:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Gross floor area of building space | 14,802,873 Gross square feet | 14,063,190 Gross square feet |
Source-site ratio for grid-purchased electricity:
Total building energy consumption per unit of floor area:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Site energy | 0.26 MMBtu per square foot | 0.29 MMBtu per square foot |
| Source energy | 0.37 MMBtu per square foot | 0.32 MMBtu per square foot |
Percentage reduction in total building energy consumption (source energy) per unit of floor area from baseline:
Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F / 18 °C):
| Degree days (see help icon above) | |
| Heating degree days | 5,126 Degree-Days (°F) |
| Cooling degree days | 1,450 Degree-Days (°F) |
Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year:
| Floor Area | |
| Laboratory space | 1,368,937 Square feet |
| Healthcare space | 1,095,971 Square feet |
| Other energy intensive space |
EUI-adjusted floor area, performance year:
Building energy consumption (site energy) per unit of EUI-adjusted floor area per degree day, performance year:
Documentation (e.g. spreadsheet or utility records) to support the performance year energy consumption figures reported above:
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices in regard to energy efficiency (e.g. outreach and education efforts):
Outreach and education is done through our Smart Grid education program that utilizes interns to use a community-based assets development approach to understand how people relate to energy use. They then developed programs and communications that appeal to the different sectors of the community - this could be games, films, power point presentations (learning lunches), competitions, etc. Utilities also developed a web-based energy dashboard to show how much energy each metered building is using. We are SMART energy users http://sustainability.uic.edu/green-campus/energy/
A brief description of energy use standards and controls employed by the institution (e.g. building temperature standards, occupancy and vacancy sensors):
UIC must comply with the Illinois Energy Code.
A brief description of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting and other energy-efficient lighting strategies employed by the institution:
Most frequently used space was retrofit with compact fluorescent light bulbs. All new construction and renovations seek to install LED lighting unless deemed inappropriate for the use.
A brief description of passive solar heating, geothermal systems, and related strategies employed by the institution:
UIC has geothermal ground source heat pumps for about 75,000 sq feet of lecture and academic space. It also has solar PV ato two of those three buildings.
A brief description of co-generation employed by the institution, e.g. combined heat and power (CHP):
Utility Operations runs its own power plants on the UIC campus. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of heat and power in a single thermodynamic process. Instead of discarding the heat produced by the power production process, it is captured and used to provide space heating and hot water heating, thus eliminating the added expense of burning fuels for the sole purpose of space heating. On the east side the plant can co-generate the production of high-temperature hot water with electricity. The west side plant can co-generate steam with electricity. These plants run primarily on natural gas which is cleaner than coal and fuel oil when considering hazardous air pollutants and carbon dioxide. When operated under certain conditions, cogeneration can be beneficial and helps lower the emission of carbon and sulfur dioxide pollutants into the air.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives (e.g. building re-commissioning or retrofit programs):
UIC was driven by gas and electric utility energy efficiency incentives to replace energy-consuming HVAC equipment and lighting. In FY2017, we also utilized the incentives paired with institutional funding to incentivize Principal Investigators with laboratories to replace their inefficient, old ultralow freezers.
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:
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