| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 51.34 |
| Liaison | Feletia Lee |
| Submission Date | April 26, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
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:
The names of local, state/provincial, regional, national, or international campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
The Southeastern Sustainability Network
The UNC system-wide Sustainability Alliance
The UNC system-wide Energy Summit
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
A formal system-wide Sustainability Committee was established to address systematic integration of sustainability principles, master planning, design and construction, operations and maintenance, climate change mitigation and renewable energy, transportation, recycling and waste management, and environmentally preferable purchasing. The sustainability policy developed by the committee was adopted by the Board of Governors. Per a June 2013 policy amendment, each UNC campus shall designate a "Chief Sustainability Officer" to integrate sustainability "policy goals into the institution's processes, administration, teaching, research, and engagement."
UNCW participates in the Appalachian Energy Summit, hosted by Appalachian State University and the Rocky Mountain Institute. The goal of the summit is to develop actionable energy plans to benefit students, the environment, and the local economy. Representatives from all 17 campuses in the UNC system subsequently embraced the North Carolina energy leadership challenge with the goal of reducing energy use and collectively avoiding $1 billion in energy costs by 2020. At the 2013 summit, a new initiative was launched to accelerate the adoption of energy and sustainability
into the curriculum offered at each institution. Several system schools now pay faculty to catalyze the integration of sustainability into the curriculum. Professional development workshops and course development grants offered at multiple institutions encourage and assist faculty to modify their courses.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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