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Advanced STARS Workshop Case Study - Babson College Dallase Scott AASHE 2012

Advanced STARS Workshop Case Study - Babson College Dallase Scott AASHE 2012. Overview. About Babson Why STARS First STARS Submission Engaging the Campus Community Second STARS Submission Next Steps. About Babson. Located in Wellesley, Ma Business School

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Advanced STARS Workshop Case Study - Babson College Dallase Scott AASHE 2012

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  1. Advanced STARS Workshop Case Study - Babson College Dallase Scott AASHE 2012

  2. Overview • About Babson • Why STARS • First STARS Submission • Engaging the Campus Community • Second STARS Submission • Next Steps

  3. About Babson • Located in Wellesley, Ma • Business School • Babson is the educator, convener and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds™. • Enrollment • Full-time equivalent: 2,892 • Undergraduate: 1,956 • Graduate: 1,344 • Employees • Full time equivalent: 738

  4. Why STARS? • Giving New Eyes to Old Problems • Our approach as an outsider • Fresh Perspective • Developing a Baseline • Cross Campus Relationships • Taking STARS Seriously • Collection process • Measurement and Verification

  5. First STARS Submission

  6. Engaging the Community • Sustainability Town Hall Meeting

  7. Babson SustainabilitySTARS v1.0 & Beyond Sustainability Town Hall July 2011

  8. What does STARS measure? Total points = 104(Average of three + Innovation) • Education & Research = 100 points - Co-Curricular - Curriculum - Research • Operations = 100 points - Buildings - Climate - Dining Services - Energy - Grounds - Purchasing - Transportation - Waste - Water • Planning, Administration & Engagement (PAE) = 100 points - Coordination & Planning - Diversity and Affordability - Human Resources - Investment - Public Engagement • Innovation = 4 points

  9. STARS rating

  10. STARS v1.0 Rating

  11. Distribution of points across all categories

  12. Education & ResearchPoint Distribution

  13. Areas for Improvement Education & Research Strengths Co-Curricular Sust Courses offered by every Division Sust Immersive Exp. Majority of Faculty involved in Sust Research Every Division has Faculty involved in Sust Research Increase Eco Reps Increase Sust-Focused and Sust Related Courses Sust Learning Outcomes Sustainability Literacy Assessment Incentives for courses Incentives for research

  14. Operations Point Distribution

  15. Areas for Improvement Operations Strengths GHG Inventory Resident students mean Student Commute is half and half Stormwater Mgmt Computer Purchasing Building Operations & Maintenance GHG Emissions Reduction Renewable Energy Building Energy Consumption Waste Reduction Student commute and Employee commute

  16. PAE Point Distribution

  17. Areas for Improvement PAE Strengths Coordination & Planning Diversity and Affordability Human Resources Community Sust Partnerships Inter-Campus Collaboration for Sust Sust in Continuing Education Community Service Investment Employee Sust Educators Program Diversity Support Programs

  18. Next Steps • Appoint Task Force Point Persons • Education & Research: Profs Rodgers and Erzumrulu • Operations: Steve Tolley • PAE: Shelley Kaplan • Convene Task Forces • Would you like to participate?

  19. Engaging the Community • Advancing Babson Sustainability Task Forces • Targeted – one for each of the three STARS categories • Time-limited • Goal of achieving one to two specific tasks • Growing a Community of Change Agents • Unearthed STARS-worthy efforts • Discovered the relationship between their work and Babson’s sustainability efforts • Built Strong Relationships

  20. Second STARS Submission 2012 2011 2012 2011

  21. Operations

  22. Operations

  23. Planning, Administration, & Engagement

  24. Planning, Administration, & Engagement

  25. Education & Research

  26. Education & Research

  27. Next Steps • High Level Goal Setting by Leadership Team • What do we focus on next • Who in campus leadership do we get involved • How can we continue to work with the Task Forces • Lessons Learned • Time consuming • Administrative support • Bite-sized task • “You are an owner of Babson sustainability” • We didn’t rely on students for our STARS process

  28. Questions? Contact Information Dallase Scott dscott@babson.edu dallase.s@greeneru.com

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