Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.06
Liaison Susan Powers
Submission Date Nov. 30, 2012
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Clarkson University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Susan Powers
Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment
ISE
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Does the institution have a sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :

The committee includes members from all campus areas (admin, facilities, faculty, students, EHS, finance, marketing, philanthropy). They meet ~ once per month to review sustainability projects across campus, identify needs and establish priorities.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Alan Rossner, Assoc. Professor, ISE; Kurt Stimeling, Dean of Students; Shannon Robinson, Project Manager for Construction; Kevin Lynch, Chief Information Officer; Allison Aldrich, Director of Budget & Planning; Erica Arnold, Environmental Health and Safety Manager; Mark Bayer, Student and President, SYNERGY; Sean Reisch, student and VP of SYNERGY; Jared Smith, student and President of ECO


The website URL where information about the sustainability committee is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability office:

The "sustainability office" is built into the function of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment.Campus sustainability cuts across all of Clarkson's operational units and student life. The Institute for a Sustainable Environment is responsible for coordinating and overseeing our sustainability efforts, but the actual implementation of projects requires significant input from facilities, information technology, dining services, and other offices on campus.


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
6

The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
Yes

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Susan E. Powers, PhD, PE

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Associate Director of ISE for Sustainability; and the Spence Professor of Sustainable Environmental Systems

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

The sustainability coordinator interfaces with students and employees from across campus to help them integrate sustainability into their function on campus. This includes training, marketing and course offerings. She also helps to set sustainability priorities for the campus and implement campus-wide programs to implement these initiatives.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
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