| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.81 |
| Liaison | Beth Klein |
| Submission Date | Feb. 29, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
State University of New York at Cortland
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Nasrin
Parvizi Assoc. Vice president Facilities Management |
Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
*Sustainability Competition with Ithaca College
( CORTACA Challenge)
*SUNY System,Office of Capital Facilities (OCF) provides sustainability coordinator for shared resources/services and provides guidance for all SUNY Campuses.
In addition the OCF through its office of Energy Procurement and Utility Regulatory Affairs provides optional services for all energy procurement which we take advantage of.
The three AVP of Facilities Management, Finance and Management, and Information Resources presented at the NACUBO National Conf. In Chicago in 2007 a sustainability presentation. This was later presented in St Louis at SRCUBO. In Buffalo at SUNY/PPAA and NYAPPA summer conference.
The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
The Campus has been in collaboration with various local, regional, state and national level organizations and programs. The followings is a list of some of these agencies. The climate action plan provides more details.
Local level:
Sustainable Cortland; http://sustainablecortland.org/Sustainable_Cortland/Welcome.html
- Seven Valley Health Coalition
Regional level:
– Green Resource Hub
--Cornell Co-operative Extension Waste Management Institute
-Regional Transportation Coalition: Coalition of Three colleges & universities and seven counties
http://www.tompkins-co.org/itctc/RTS/DATA/indexRTSData.htm
State level:
-SUNY Multiple Interveners
-SUNY – Office of Capital Facilities
-Tech Garden: http://www.thetechgarden.com/programs/incubation-acceleration/
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- State professional affiliations such as; NYAPPA
National level:
- ACUPCC
- AASHE
- Professional affiliations such as; NACUBO, APPA
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
• We have completed our Green House Gas inventory and in 2011 submitted our GHG mitigation plan
• AASHE – SUNY Cortland joined the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in 2007 - Attending Ball State Greening of the campus initiatives 2007 and 2009 and U Maryland Smart Sustainable Campus conferences in 2007 and 2008.
• 2009 – Green Resource Hub – promotes green businesses and promotes green initiatives within our regional community
• 2010-Cornell Co-operative Extension Waste Management Institute – developing strategies to reduce waste streams and increase recycling stream.
• 2010 Multiple Interveners – Working with other peer institutions, through SUNY Administration to address utility pricing and energy purchasing guidelines
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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