| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.77 |
| Liaison | Izzy Fraser-Milewsky |
| Submission Date | Jan. 17, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Minnesota State University Moorhead
AC-8: Campus as a Living Laboratory
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.40 / 4.00 |
Joe
Herbst Sustainability Coordinator Office of Campus Sustainability |
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Is the institution utilizing the campus as a living laboratory for multidisciplinary student learning and applied research in the following areas?:
| Yes or No | |
| Air & Climate | --- |
| Buildings | Yes |
| Dining Services/Food | Yes |
| Energy | Yes |
| Grounds | --- |
| Purchasing | --- |
| Transportation | --- |
| Waste | Yes |
| Water | --- |
| Coordination, Planning & Governance | Yes |
| Diversity & Affordability | --- |
| Health, Wellbeing & Work | --- |
| Investment | --- |
| Public Engagement | Yes |
| Other | --- |
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Air & Climate and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Buildings and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
Students from Construction Mangement have conducted inventories of sustainable attributes of buildings, as well as the project management of sustainable improvments to buildings.
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Dining Services/Food and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
Biosciences students are researching the efficacy of aquaponic systems to grow food that is fertilized by fish tanks.
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Energy and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
Physics students have helped to design a renewable energy component to an aquaponics system. Also, a student PR group has designed and implemented a campus campaign to encourage energy conservation.
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Grounds and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Purchasing and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Transportation and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Waste and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
Biosciences students are assisting a faculty member in testing the ability to compost various pieces of campus waste.
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Water and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Coordination, Planning & Governance and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
Environmental Policy interns work with the MSUM Student Senate to analyze, draft, recommend, and shepherd the adoption of sustainability-related policies on campus.
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Diversity & Affordability and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Health, Wellbeing & Work and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Investment and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory for Public Engagement and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
Environmental interns work with members of the business community to educate them about sustainability and opportunities for students to help them design and advance sustainability intitiatives of their own.
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A brief description of how the institution is using the campus as a living laboratory in Other areas and the positive outcomes associated with the work:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s campus as a living laboratory program or projects is available:
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