Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.06
Liaison Allie Schwartz
Submission Date April 14, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Columbia University
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Allie Schwartz
Assistant Director, Planning and Outreach
Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University Facilities and Operations
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

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A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
Columbia University is active in best practices sharing. A Columbia working group developed guidelines for energy efficient “Laboratory Design: Laboratory Ventilation and Fume Hood Exhaust Systems” that was presented and shared with peers at a Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence conference. Presentations on Columbia’s donations to Institutional Recycling Network have been made at the annual Greenbuild Conference, the Manhattanville clean construction and LEED New Development certification have been made at Ivy Plus meetings, AASHE, NECSC, and Urban Green Council meetings, Columbia ‘s recycling practices have been presented at NYSAR3 state conferences and regional BRANY meetings.

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The names of local, state/provincial, regional, national, or international campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
Ivy Plus Sustainability Group NECSC-Northeastern College Sustainability Consortium AASHE-Association for the Advancement of Higher Education NYCER-New York Campus Environmental Resource NYSAR3 College Council-New York State Association of Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling College Council NY Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities C2E2-Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence NYC PlaNYC University Challenge BRANY-Buy Recycled Alliance of New York-NYSAR3 Region 2 Council

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A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Columbia hosts and attends meetings, events, seminars pertaining to campus sustainability best practice sharing through its operations and via academia. Environmental Consortium: www.environmentalconsortium.org Earth Institute: www.ei.columbia.edu AASHE: www.aashe.com Ivy Plus Sustainability Group: http://sustainability.yale.edu/ivy-plus PlaNYC University Challenge: http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2008b%2Fpr419-08.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 NYSAR3 College Council: http://www.nysar3.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:nysar3-college-council&catid=8:homepage

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The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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