Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 70.91 |
Liaison | Lindsay Walker |
Submission Date | Oct. 24, 2019 |
Humber College
PRE-2: Points of Distinction
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Name of the institution’s featured sustainability program, initiative, or accomplishment:

A brief description of the institution’s featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
Humber College’s retrofitted NX building has been awarded the Zero Carbon Building – Design Certification by the Canada Green Building Council. The NX building is Humber’s most energy efficient building that uses 70 per cent less energy, and it’s the first retrofit in Canada to achieve design certification, according to Canada Green Building.


Which of the following impact areas does the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Website URL where more information about the accomplishment may be found:

STARS credit in which the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment is reported (if applicable):

A photograph or document associated with the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
Name of a second highlighted sustainability program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
Bringing together a diverse array of educators, practitioners, scholars, students and members of Indigenous communities, the Indigenous Knowledge Gathering provides a safe space to think about and actively engage in meaningful conversations about the role and inherent responsibilities of education.
Which impact areas does the second program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Public Engagement
Diversity & Affordability
Website URL where more information about the second program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the second program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
Name of a third highlighted program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
In an effort to reduce on-campus waste, Soup Bar takes food donated by local restaurants, businesses, and the Humber Arboretum's Food Learning Garden, and makes delicious pay-what-you-can soups for students. In partnership with IGNITE, Humber and non-profit Feed It Forward served a total of 7860 soups to people from 2018-2019.
Which impact areas does the third program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Waste
Diversity & Affordability
Website URL where more information about the third program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the third program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
Additional distinction- Signed Okanagan Charter
https://humber.ca/today/media-releases/humber-be-first-public-college-canada-adopt-okanagan-charter
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