Stanford University
PAE-15: Employee Sustainability Educators Program

Stanford's "Green Teams" are self-selected groups of employees (faculty and staff) who are a resource to their department and/or school and help implement Stanford's Building Level Sustainability Program (http://sustainable-temp.stanford.edu/building_level_sustainability). Recruitment of Green Team members, sometimes called "Building Champions" or "Building Heroes" on campus, has occurred through a variety of formats. In the School of Medicine, there was an open call to join the initial training program (http://med.stanford.edu/sustainability/). In the case of VPUE, Building 170 (General Counsel, Public Affairs), IT Services, and the Alumni Association, existing Green Teams approached the Office of Sustainability for program participation and support. The School of Earth Sciences was a case-study for the CEE/ES 109 course, and the Green Team formed through that process. Finally, a campus-wide campaign recruited other interested parties throughout the school during the fall of 2011 (http://sustainable-temp.stanford.edu/be_cardinal_green_cardinalbuildings).

Office of Sustainability staff work closely with each Green Team, especially at the start of BLSP implementation, to ensure the group is aware of Stanford's core practices related to sustainability, as well as the specific opportunities within the program. The School of Medicine has also implemented its own training for Green Teams.

The Office of Sustainability and the Sustainable Stanford program support Stanford's Green Teams / Building Champions / Building Heroes. Examples of support include but are not limited to the following: -- Specific additional training upon request (from the Office of Sustainability) -- Staff support through the building audit process (from the Office of Sustainability and its student interns) -- The ERP Express rebate program to incentivize Smart Strip and appliance timer purchases (administered by the Office of Sustainability) -- Templates, surveys, audit forms, and standard email language (developed by the Office of Sustainability) -- A professional network of other interested Building Heroes (supported by the Sustainability Working Group and Sustainable Stanford)

Employee headcount information includes faculty and staff (>50% FTE appointments), but does not include contract workers or outside consultants. Faculty and staff counts for the groups with active Green Teams included in this credit calculation are as follows: VPUE = 170 School of Earth Sciences = 147 School of Medicine = 4508 LBRE = 439 General Counsel = 78 Public Affairs = 50 Alumni Association = 115 Information Technology = 417