| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 83.26 |
| Liaison | Megan Litke |
| Submission Date | Feb. 12, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
American University
PAE-4: Sustainability Plan
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Chris
O'Brien Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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Does the institution have a sustainability plan that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes
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A brief description of how multiple stakeholder groups were involved in developing the plan:
The Office of Sustainability lead the development of AU's first comprehensive Sustainability Plan in collaboration with the Sustainability Project Team. The team is comprised of students, faculty and staff.
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A brief description of the plan’s measurable goals :
The plan reviews achievements and sets goals for research and education, operations and communications. A few of the plan's many goals are: achieving carbon neutrality by 2020; Zero Waste by 2015; 25 existing buildings certified to LEED by 2020.
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A brief description of how progress in meeting the plan’s goals is measured:
The carbon plan (published May 2010) and zero waste plan (draft 2011 plan) have benchmarks to meet on the way to zero.
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The website URL where more information about the sustainability plan is available:
None
The year the plan was developed or last updated:
2,013
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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