| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.10 |
| Liaison | Ciara Tennis |
| Submission Date | Jan. 11, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Eastern Connecticut State University
IN-2: Innovation 2
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Laura
Miller Energy Technical Specialist Institute for Sustainable Energy |
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Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Connecticut Alliance for Campus Sustainability
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A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
The Connecticut Alliance for Campus Sustainability co-chaired by Eastern Connecticut State University and Yale University, serves as an ongoing statewide network to facilitate greater coordination and cooperation on sustainability among public and private institutions of higher education. The primary purpose of this collaboration is to share information as peers, foster partnerships and develop system-wide strategies to address climate change and adaptation, local and regional resiliency, stormwater and water management, land use, and other sustainability-related issues.
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A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):
The Yale Office of Sustainability and the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University serve as conveners, communicators, catalysts, and consensus builders.
The Alliance serves as a network that encourages greater coordination and cooperation on sustainability issues at the local and state levels among Connecticut institutions of higher education.
The primary purpose of this collaboration is to share information, foster partnerships, and develop system-wide strategies to address climate change and adaptation, local and regional resiliency, energy efficiency and renewable energy, storm water and water management, land use, and other sustainability related issues.
The Alliance promotes the efficient and effective use of existing statewide resources.
The Alliance collaborates to develop new resources to support the higher education community.
Since 2014 the CT Alliance for Campus Sustainability has hosted two annual conferences, and two themed sustainability round table events. The Alliance also hosted the first statewide Campus Sustainability Week during the fall of 2015.
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A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
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Which of the following STARS subcategories does the innovation most closely relate to? (Select all that apply up to a maximum of five):
| Yes or No | |
| Curriculum | --- |
| Research | --- |
| Campus Engagement | Yes |
| Public Engagement | Yes |
| Air & Climate | Yes |
| Buildings | Yes |
| Dining Services | --- |
| Energy | Yes |
| Grounds | --- |
| Purchasing | --- |
| Transportation | --- |
| Waste | --- |
| Water | --- |
| Coordination, Planning & Governance | --- |
| Diversity & Affordability | --- |
| Health, Wellbeing & Work | --- |
| Investment | --- |
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Other topic(s) that the innovation relates to that are not listed above:
Through the sharing of best practices and collaboration among campuses, the Alliance can boost innovation on multiple campuses in all of the subcategories.
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The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information for this credit was input by Laura Miller who is responsible for co-chairing the CT Alliance for Campus Sustainability. The letter of support was written by Jen Kleindienst at Wesleyan University.
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