Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.79
Liaison Megan Litke
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

American University
IN-5: Carbon Mitigation Project Development

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Courtney Stoner
Sustainability Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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During the previous three years, the institution has::
Yes or No
Developed a peer reviewed carbon offsets project that follows an existing carbon reduction protocol Yes
Developed an innovative carbon offsets project that follows a new or modified project protocol No

A brief description of the institution’s carbon mitigation projects:

AU has entered into an agreement with Urban Offsets to plant 650 trees locally to offset commuting emissions. The trees were planted and locations were selected by a local nonprofit, the Anacostia Watershed Society. These plantings will be peer validated in 2020 by a peer institution following The Offset Network's Peer Verification Protocol.

All trees have been planted as of December 2019.


Documentation of the institution’s carbon mitigation project:
Website URL where documentation of the carbon mitigation project is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The Offset Network (Peer Verification Body) https://offsetnetwork.org/


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