Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.61
Liaison Margaret Lo
Submission Date Sept. 28, 2012
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Ball State University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Robert Koester
Director of CERES
Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES)
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
We publish proceedings from our Greening of the Campus Conferences. We provide information on the web about our Council on the Environment (COTE). We have established the Indiana Green Campus Network (IGCN). We provide on the web our Residence-Hall-Complex Energy-Efficiency Competitions. We publish on the web a booklet entitled, Students + Sustainability: 5 Ways Ball State Students can go GREEN. We publicaly report via the web our Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Report for Ball State University entitled: BSU is a Steward of the Future

The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
A sampling would include: AIA American Institute of Architects ASES American Solar Energy Society ARCC Architectural Research Centers Consortium AASHE Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education ACSA Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ACADIA Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture CEDD Council of Environmental Deans and Directors IGCN Indiana Green Campus Network ILBI International Living Building Institute CEP NWF Campus Ecology Program NCSE National Council on Science and the Environment SBSE Society of Building Science Educators SBIC Sustainable Buildings Industry Council USGBC US Green Building Council

A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
We established the Indiana Green Campus Network (IGCN). The Indiana Green Campus Network builds on the ASE Green Campus Program in California. The program’s objectives are to save energy, infuse energy efficiency into academic curriculum, increase campus awareness of energy efficiency through outreach, and develop a green workforce. The Indiana Green Campus Network will build on this California model and continue to foster professional development in students, building pathways to green careers. Member Schools 1. Ancilla College, Donaldson 2. Anderson University, Anderson 3. Ball State University, Muncie 4. Bethel College, Mishawaka 5. Butler University, Indianapolis 6. Calumet College of Saint Joseph, Whiting 7. DePauw University, Greencastle 8. Earlham College, Richmond 9. Franklin College, Franklin 10. Goshen College, Goshen 11. Hanover College, Hanover 12. Huntington University, Huntington 13. Indiana State University, Terre Haute 14. Indiana University, Bloomington 15. Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion 16. IUPUI, Indianapolis 17. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Multiple 18. Manchester College, Manchester 19. Marian College, Indianapolis 20. Purdue University, West Lafayette 21. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute 22. St. Mary of the Woods College 23. Saint Meinrad, Saint Meinrad 24. Taylor University, Upland 25. University of Indianapolis 26. University of Notre Dame, South Bend 27. Vincennes University, Vincennes 28. Wabash College, Wabash

The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
_____http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/GOC.aspx _____http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/GOC/Proceedings.aspx _____http://thebeat.iweb.bsu.edu/index2.html _____https://sites.google.com/site/gogreenbsu/ _____http://www.globalreporting.org/ReportServices/FeaturedReports/ProfilePageBSU.htm _____http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/COTE.aspx _____http://www.nwf.org/campusEcology/resources/yearbook/dspYearbookbySchool.cfm?SchoolCode=12#12

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