Goals
The goal of the energy management program is to develop and maintain an adaptable plan to stabilize, reduce, and offset campus energy requirements in a fiscally responsible manner that will continuously meet the campus wide environmental and sustainability goals.
In 2015, Ƶ Boulder signed the White House American Campuses Act pledging to maintain the AƵPCC goals for Greenhouse Gas Reductions against a 2005 baseline.Ƶ is committed to reducing energy consumption per square foot by 2%annually and at least 12% by 2020 over a 2015 baseline.
Even with substantial growth of campus square footage greater than 28% growth since 2005, Ƶ Boulder to date has realized a 17% reduction of energy use per square foot through stricter energy standardsand LEED Gold driven designs in new construction and renovations.
Also in 2015, Facilities Management proposed a campus energy reduction goal which took into account square footage growth and weather.This normalized strategy is directly related to a Campus Energy Management Plan, which focuses on optimizing the operation of existing and new facilities. These proposed campus wide goals are:
- Energy- 20% reduction per square foot (EUI weather normalized); set “optimized” EUI for each building against a 2014 Baseline of FY14 btu/gsf/HDD of 15.76
- Carbon- 20% total reduction (campus goal) against 2005 baseline as defined by the
By proactively addressing the substantial growth Ƶ Boulder is experiencing, Energy Services is committed to optimizing the sustainability goals of the Boulder Campus.
