Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.90
Liaison Paul Mathisen
Submission Date April 16, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
EN-6: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Liz Tomaszewski
Facilities Systems Manager/Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Department
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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:
916

Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Eco-Rep Program

Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
916

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

Employees volunteer to serve as Eco-Reps and are trained by a third-party organization (GreenerU).


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

Two 4-hour training events take place to discuss sustainability and behavior change.


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

Staff are allowed time away from their jobs to participate in training and to provide 4-6 hours/month to do this job.


The website URL where information about the program is available (1st program):
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
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Name(s) of the employee educator program(s) (all other programs):
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