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AASHE Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System• Comprehensive• Objective• Transparent
-- Educational value• Enables meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions• Demonstrates adoption of sustainability as a “core value”• Likely to become the national standard
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Timeline
• 2006-2008 development -- national peer reviews
-- pilot projects at 95 colleges and universities, ie App State, Emory, Western Carolina, Universities of Arizona and Florida• Chris Payne on Technical Advisory Committee• 2009 Version 1.0 released• Campuses can use STARS to achieve a
sustainability score
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Categories
• Education & Research -- 66• Operations -- 61• Administration & Finance -- 50
• Includes social responsibility and engagement
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Credits
1. Performance, Tier 1– Tangible, ie, percentage of new buildings that are built to
LEED standards
2. Strategy, Tier 2– Goals, policies, process
• Scoring is based on the percentage of applicable points achieved
• Rating is good for three years
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Prerequisites
• Letter from Chancellor confirming that all information submitted is accurate
• Recycling Program• Sustainability Committee
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Education and Research
• Sustainability-Related Competition• Employee Sustainability Outreach Program• Incentives for Developing Sustainability
Courses• Faculty Involved in Sustainability Research• Academic Sustainability Courses by Student
Credit Hours
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Operations• Potable Non-irrigation Water Consumption
Reduction• Construction & Demolition Waste Diversion• Energy Intensity Trend• Local Food• Energy Star and EPEAT Purchasing• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Relative
to a Previous or Baseline Year
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Administration & Finance• Master Plan• Sustainability Officer• Student Hours Contributed in Community Service• Outreach & Partnerships Carnegie Designation• Recruiting for Student Diversity• Affordability & Access Programs• Employee Satisfaction Survey• Independent Monitoring of Logo Apparel
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Potential Advantages
• Recruitment• Advancement• Marketing to internal and external
stakeholders• Town Gown relations• Benchmark for measuring progress• Enhanced collaboration among campuses
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Options & Next Steps
• Institutional Research• Subcommittee of VCSAC• Student Research• Carve off pieces over time• Biggest knowledge gap is in the Education &
Research category
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