| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.18 |
| Liaison | Ezra Small |
| Submission Date | Feb. 5, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Ezra
Small Sustainability Manager Physical Plant |
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:
Publishing of the Climate Action Plan (2010) and update of the Climate Action Plan v2.0 (2012). Establishment of the Sustainability, Innovation, & Engagement Fund and awarding of first phase of 7 sustainability projects which have been implemented across the campus.
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 Chancellor's Sustainability Committee (formerly EPAC) helps to assess ways to reduce environmental impacts of the campus in a manner which incorporates sound business practices. One of the Committee goals is to enhance the campus' ability to gather, track, and analyze environmental performance data and related information and develop report documents.
Another goal is to devise a comprehensive and common-sense way to foster environmental stewardship across the entire organization among and within campus departments, both operational and academic. The Committee advises the Chancellor Leadership Committee (CLC) on all matters related to campus environmental performance including adjustments to operating policies and/or practices. The Committee helped create the UMass climate action plan that will aim for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):
In 2012 EPAC was renamed and restructured to better serve the campus community and achieve the mission and goals.
The Chancellors Sustainability Committee now consists of three tiers: Sub-Committees (meet monthly), Implementation Team (meets monthly), and Executive Team (meets quarterly).
There are currently 4 active Sub-Committees:
Education and Research
Finance
Green Building
Master Planning
The Implementation Team consists of sustainability professionals plus staff/faculty who do sustainability work or teach about sustainability related or focused topics on campus or are passionate about sustainability.
Ezra Small (Chair)
Campus Sustainability Manager
Sustainability Communications & Marketing Manager (Co-Chair, Currently empty)
Sustainability Communications & Marketing Manager, University Relations
Craig Nicolson (Co-Chair)
Director of Academic Sustainability Programs, Professor in Dept of Environmental Conservation
Rachel Dutton (Co-Chair)
Sustainability Manager for Auxiliary Services
Cynthia Barstow
Professor, Isenberg School of Management
Robert Ryan
Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Lynn McKenna
Assistant Budget Director, Budget Office
Ted Mendoza
Capital Project Manager, Facilities Planning Division
Ludmilla Pavlova
Senior Campus Planner, Campus Planning
Rob Hendry
Rideshare Coordinator, Parking Services
Executive Team Members:
Juanita Holler
Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities & Campus Services
Andy Mangels
Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Budget Director
Ray Jackson
Director, Physical Plant
Eddie Hull
Executive Director, Residence Life
Ken Toong
Executive Director of Auxiliary Enterprises
Michael Grabscheid
Executive Director of Marketing & New Business Development, University Relations
Steve Goodwin
Dean of the College of Natural Sciences
Dennis Swinford
Director of Campus Planning, Campus Planning
Tom Shaw
Interim Director of Design/Construction Mgt
Christine McCormick
Dean of the School of Education
Cheryl L. Dukes
Associate Director of Government Relations, Office of Research Development
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:
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:
Our campus hired its first sustainability coordinator in 2009. In addition to the current Campus Sustainability Manager, we also have a new Sustainability Communications Manager (hired in 2013) and a number of full-time sustainability staff who work with Auxiliary Services.
The Campus Sustainability Manager (CSM) was hired in 2011, directs the main Sustainable UMass student initiatives on campus and oversees and coordinates all operational aspects of campus sustainability (from developing new clean energy sources to increasing recycling rates to participating in LEED teams for new construction, to establishing a Green Revolving Fund etc). The CSM works closely with the Sustainability Communications Manager and other campus staff and faculty on all sustainability-related projects and programs throughout the university.
The website URL where information about the sustainability officer(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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