| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.71 |
| Liaison | Bridget Flynn |
| Submission Date | Feb. 15, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Oberlin College
PAE-4: Sustainability Plan
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Colin
Koffel Environmental Sustainability Fellow Office of Environmental Sustainability |
Does the institution have a sustainability plan that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of how multiple stakeholder groups were involved in developing the plan:
Oberlin College's Environmental Policy was prepared by members of the Environmental Policy Advisory Committee (EPAC), a committee appointed by then President Nancy Dye. EPAC consisted of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and a representative from the city. The Board of Trustees adopted an Environmental Policy Statement in support of EPAC's policy and President Dye directed that it would be the basis for Oberlin's environmental policy.
A brief description of the plan’s measurable goals :
The Environmental Policy outlines specific strategies to increase sustainability in energy production and use; facilities construction, modernization, and maintenance; transportation; grounds; and purchasing, reuse, and disposal. Goals include reducing energy consumption, reducing reliance on pollution-intensive fuels, adopting sustainable building policies, avoid additional parking lots, encourage more efficient transit, support bicycle users, maintain grounds in a less chemically intensive manner, minimize material consumption, favor local products, divert waste from landfills, and more.
A brief description of how progress in meeting the plan’s goals is measured:
The Committee on Environmental Sustainability, a General Faculty committee that replaced the presidential Environmental Policy Advisory Committee, oversees implementation of the Environmental Policy and annually reports on the college's progress. In addition to standard metrics like greenhouse gas inventories, resource use, and renewable energy utilization, the Office of Environmental Sustainability has developed and tracks additional measures of progress, such as BTUs per square foot.
The website URL where more information about the sustainability plan is available:
The year the plan was developed or last updated:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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