Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 78.48
Liaison Patrick McKee
Submission Date June 20, 2016
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STARS v2.0

University of Connecticut
EN-6: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Sarah Munro
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Environmental Policy
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Does the institution administer or oversee an ongoing faculty/staff peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

Total number of employees:
6,235

Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Green Office Certification Program

Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
6,235

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (1st program):

"Employee educators are selected on a volunteer basis.
A message is sent out through the UConn Faculty Daily Digest, an email that all university faculty members automatically receive in their inboxes every day with various links and noteworthy announcements. Interested offices respond by delegating one person to enter in their contact information and their department name into a survey that the Office of Environmental Policy receives. The representatives have either volunteered to represent their office based on their interest in sustainabily, or have been chosen by their colleagues based on their dedication.
Additionally, posters are placed around office buildings in order to attract participants."


A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (1st program):

"The UConn Sustainable Office Guidelines are available
online, and are also emailed directly to the office representatives.
The representative spreads this information along to their office, educating their colleagues on how to work sustainably at the office. They also promote and encourage environmentally responsible actions.
Sustainable Office Guidelines:
http://ecohusky.uconn.edu/docs/progress/guidelines%202014.pdf


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

There is no financial support to the program, however, The Office of Environmental Policy worked with the university purchasing department in order to reduce the price of Smart Power Strips, energy saving power strips that we suggest that offices have.


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