Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.14
Liaison Casey Romero
Submission Date Jan. 12, 2015
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Oklahoma State University
EN-14: Participation in Public Policy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Ilda Hershey
Sustainability Coordinator
OSU Physical Plant
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Does the institution advocate for national, state/provincial, or local public policies that support campus sustainability or that otherwise advance sustainability?:
Yes

A brief description of how the institution engages in public policy advocacy for sustainability, including the issues, legislation, and ordinances for or against which the institution has advocated:

The President of OSU met with state legislators to describe the OSU Behavior Based Energy Conservation program and the achieved results in an effort to persuade legislators to pass a bill requiring all state agencies to develop a similar plan.  The intention was to establish an energy savings goal for all state agencies.  The result was Oklahoma Senate Bill 1096 (Oklahoma State facilities Energy Conservation Program) which was developed to implement an energy conservation program modeled after OSU’s and was signed into law in May 2012.  The bill requires a 20% reduction in energy by the year 2020.  Additionally, OSU agreed to loan the state its Physical Plant director for a year to help the state implement the program. 


A brief description of other political positions the institution has taken during the previous three years:
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A brief description of political donations the institution made during the previous three years (if applicable):
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The website URL where information about the institution’s advocacy efforts is available:
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