Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.43
Liaison Lynda Koot
Submission Date Nov. 27, 2012
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The King's University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Lynda Koot
Building Services Manager
Facilities
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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 :

Committee members are working to advance sustainability at King’s by researching the most effective methods to conduct annual environmental audits, working to integrate campus sustainability into all aspects of the university’s strategic plan, and researching external funding opportunities.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

The sustainability coalition (committee is a committee composed of Rob VanWeerden (the Director of Facilities), Michael Ferber (Director of Environmental Studies and Assistant Professor of History), John Wood (Dean of the Natural Sciences), Harry Fernhout (President), 2-3 students and various other stake holders.


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 Kings University College is a smaller campus. For this reason the Director of Facilities has the responsibilities of coordinating sustainability on campus and wears the hat of Sustainability Coordinator.


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
1

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

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Rob VanWeerden

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Director of Facilities

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

The Director is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining a sustainability program encompassing various areas of the University College out of his office. This includes developing and maintaining a utilities consumption and cost management program for the purpose of promoting stewardship of fiscal and environmental resources, implementing environmental and cost saving measures where deemed prudent. These responsibilities are included in the Director of Facilities job description.


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