Stanford University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Stanford has an overarching Sustainability Working Group as well as a number of topic-specific Sustainability Working Teams. The Sustainability Working Group, organized in 2006, involves representatives from all parts of the university. The group prepares policy and program recommendations designed to achieve the following: (1) Continuously improve Stanford’s leadership in demonstrating environmental sustainability in campus operations (2) Use faculty, staff and student expertise in this evolving field (3) Advance opportunities for hands-on sustainability-related learning and service in the campus community The Sustainability Working Teams, assembled in 2008, develop program recommendations, assess progress and help implement policy recommendations in major operational areas related to sustainability. The teams are composed of campus subject experts, representatives from key Stanford community groups and people with authority to take action in the relevant operational areas.

The membership of Stanford's Sustainability Working group and Sustainability Working Teams are too numerous to list here, but include faculty, staff, students, and key senior administrators. Contact information for the chairs of each committee can be found on the Sustainable Stanford website (http://sustainable.stanford.edu/working_group_and_teams).

Sustainability and Energy Management (SEM), a department within Land, Buildings & Real Estate (LBRE), leads initiatives in campus infrastructure and programs in energy and climate, water, transportation, green buildings, and sustainable information technology, as well as various special initiatives. The Office of Sustainability connects campus organizations and entities, and works collaboratively with them to steer sustainability initiatives and reach milestones. The office works on long-range sustainability analysis and planning, assessment and reporting, sustainability governance strategy, conservation behavior and training, communication and outreach, and academic integration. Complementing operational efficiency measures undertaken by campus facilities managers, distinct and education-oriented programmatic initiatives make sustainability more actionable and visible throughout the campus community. Please note, although the Office of Sustainability employs just 3.5 FTE staff members, there are hundreds of professionals throughout the Stanford community involved with sustainability projects in their daily work. A number of the other full-time professionals are listed on the staff page of the Sustainable Stanford website (http://sustainable-temp.stanford.edu/program_staff).

Fahmida leads the Office of Sustainability and the campus program Sustainable Stanford. She co-chairs the Sustainability Working Group, connects the Sustainability Working Teams, coordinates implementation of sustainability projects, supports Stanford’s long-term resource infrastructure planning, and manages the office’s communications and evaluation programs.