| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.42 |
| Liaison | Elaine Durr |
| Submission Date | Feb. 5, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Elon University
PAE-4: Sustainability Plan
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Elaine
Durr Senior Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have a sustainability plan that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of how multiple stakeholder groups were involved in developing the plan:
The Sustainability Master Plan was developed by the Environmental Advisory Council, which included faculty, staff and student representatives, in 2006-2007. During its development, a draft plan was made available to the campus community and open forums were held to obtain feedback and input on the plan.
A brief description of the plan’s measurable goals :
The overarching goal of the Sustainability Master Plan is to minimize the university's impact on the global environment by establishing a carbon neutral university. The Council focused on developing campus strategies to accomplish at least three goals:
1. Elimination of net carbon emissions. The campus should have the goal of becoming carbon neutral within the next 30 years.
2. Inform the campus constituencies (faculty, students and staff) of the issues of sustainability from a variety of perspectives: a. scientific information and implications, b. policy factors and implications, c. practical living accommodations and changes in behavior and d. economic costs and avoidances.
3. Identify initiatives that can be undertaken to address the issues of sustainability on the campus.
With these broad goals in mind, recommendations (which have since been treated as sub-goals/objectives) were developed in the following areas:
I. Carbon Neutrality
II. University Organizational Structures
III. University as a Teaching Tool
IV. Partnership with Others
V. Energy and Atmosphere
VI. Materials and Resources Conservation
VII. Indoor Environmental Quality
VIII. Site Protection
IX. Water Conservation
X. Green Purchasing
XI. Green Building
XII. Student Activities
XIII. Communication
XIV. Curriculum
A brief description of how progress in meeting the plan’s goals is measured:
Progress is tracked by monitoring the status of the sub-goals/objectives under each of the defined areas on a regular basis. The following three statuses are used (along with comments, as necessary): green - complete, yellow - in progress and red - no action/activity.
The website URL where more information about the sustainability plan is available:
The year the plan was developed or last updated:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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