Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.00
Liaison Lisa Mitten
Submission Date March 4, 2015
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STARS v2.0

State University of New York at New Paltz
IN-4: Innovation 4

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Lisa Mitten
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Campus Sustainability
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Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Exemplary Practice: Peer Review of STARS Submission

A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:

Four sustainability colleagues from the SUNY System peer reviewed this STARS submission. Three of the four reviewers provided detailed comments on the report. The following colleagues served as peer reviewers:
* Deborah Howard, Director of Sustainability, SUNY System
* Adam Costello, Sustainability Fellow, SUNY System
* Mary Ellen Mallia, Director of Environmental Sustainability, University at Albany
* Hannah Morgan, Sustainability Coordinator, SUNY Oneonta

Below is a link to a PDF of comments provided to SUNY New Paltz by each peer reviewer along with the College's response to the comments. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iJS-Pii4wFcFA2YUIxU3kxeW8/view?usp=sharing
Below is a link to four letter of support for the STARS submission, one from each peer reviewer https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iJS-Pii4wFeWFnVlBMaXhiY1U/view?usp=sharing


A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):

* Increased accountability of SUNY New Paltz's STARS report.
* Improved information sharing across institutions.
* The launch of an informal STARS review committee among SUNY colleagues, and possibly other sustainability colleagues from our region.
* Submission of workshop proposal for the 2015 AASHE conference called "STARS Data Quality: Two Case Studies on Third-Party Reviews with Group Discussion" with Lisa Mitten of SUNY New Paltz, Dave Newport of University of Colorado at Boulder, facilitated by STARS Steering Committee Member Julian Dautremont-Smith.


A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
Which of the following STARS subcategories does the innovation most closely relate to? (Select all that apply up to a maximum of five):
Yes or No
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Coordination, Planning & Governance Yes
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Other topic(s) that the innovation relates to that are not listed above:
Peer Review of STARS Report, Accountability

The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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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.