Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.77
Liaison Paul Edlund
Submission Date May 31, 2023

STARS v2.2

Montana State University
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.31 / 3.00 Paul Edlund
Project Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Total number of employees:
3,868

Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
380

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
9.82

Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
Energy Districting and Campus Tunnel Tour

A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):

During the school semester, trained employees from the MSU Engineering and Utilities Department conduct interactive tours of the tunnels that house steam pipes and geothermal wells. These tours are designed to inform and inspire our community by using a real life experience to demonstrate the innovations MSU uses to reduce our carbon footprint and energy bills.


A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):

The target audience includes staff, faculty, and students. This program is offered to every member on campus, but the numbers of employees as stated above has been filtered for only staff members from MSU.


Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
4

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
32

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
1

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
32

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
Green Office Program

A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):

The Green Office Program uses a local Team Lead, provided educational resources and a environmental-impact-checklist to empower Team Leads in different offices around campus to inform their coworkers to quantitatively reduce the impact of their shared office space. During Orientation, Sustainability staff provide details on how the team lead can motivate their coworkers to change their behavior while creating community with other sustainability advocates on campus.


A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):

The Green Office Program exists to exclusively support staff members in office spaces that are associated with Montana State University.


Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
8

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
52

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (2nd program):
1

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (2nd program):
10

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):
A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (all other programs):
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all programs):
42

Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.01

Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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