| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Brian Eisenhauer |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Plymouth State University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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Reporter |
Brian
Eisenhauer Director Office of Environmental Sustainability |
Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee, office, and/or officer that focuses on sustainability broadly and covers the entire institution?:
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the committee(s), office(s), and/or officer(s) during the previous three years:
Are you kidding? Aside from completing this incredibly lengthy report we are involved in / responsible for just about everything reported - doing the carbon calculations, energy purchasing, participating in master planning, coordinating all on campus efforts, designing and delivering outreach to students, staff, and faculty, doing the PR, etc., etc., etc., too much to list (hence this report).
Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
The University Environmental Committee is a group of students, staff, and faculty that meets monthly to work on sustainability initiatives.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):
Brian Eisenhauer, office of sustainability
Christina Schaeffer, staff
Stuart Finley
Warren Tomkiewicz
Alex Herbst
Angela Uhlman
and others...
The website URL where information about the sustainability committee(s) is available:
Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) employee?:
A brief description of each sustainability office:
Plymouth State University’s efforts on sustainability are anchored in a commitment to educate students about a sustainable lifestyle, to study and care for the environment, and to promote sustainability to the campus community and the world beyond.
Sustainability efforts are evident throughout campus; in a program that integrates sustainability across the curriculum, in residential life, and in dining services. For over 25 years, Common Ground, a student environmental and social justice organization, has been focusing on environmental issues through events and service projects. The University’s commitment to the environment also encompasses a new courses and majors aimed at preparing graduates for careers in environmental science, stewardship, and policy; a long-standing campus-wide recycling program; and EcoHouse, a new learning laboratory that shows students how even small-scale environmental design features can have important environmental implications.
The University has taken a leadership role among the nation’s most environmentally friendly institutions of higher education by signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. PSU’s commitment to “green building” was realized by the 2006 opening of the Langdon Woods Residential Complex, the first building in New Hampshire—and one of the first and largest university residence halls in the country—to receive the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. The Office of Environmental Sustainability works in partnership with the President’s Commission on Environmental Sustainability and the University Environment Committee to advance the University’s goals on sustainability.
Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
The website URL where information about the sustainability office(s) is available:
Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
A brief description of each sustainability officer position:
Oversee all aspects of Climate Action Plan Implementation and coordinate ALL other sustainability efforts on campus. I have completed this entire GIANT form single-handedly, for example, and have been directly involved in just about everything reported in the submission…did I mention in only 20 hours / week?!?!?
The website URL where information about the sustainability officer(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.