Stanford University
EN-11: Inter-Campus Collaboration

1) Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - http://www.aashe.org 2) Ivy Plus Sustainability Working Group - http://sustainability.yale.edu/people-partners/strategic-external-partnerships/ivy-plus 3) U.S. Green Building Council - http://www.usgbc.org

1) California Higher Education Sustainability Conference - https://chesc.org 2) Silicon Valley Leadership Group - http://svlg.org

Each year Stanford takes an active role in regional and national sustainability conferences related to higher education. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC) annual events provide opportunities for Stanford to interact with other institutions, share best practices, and further develop sustainability in the context of higher education. Specific Stanford presentations from recent AASHE and CHESC events are listed below with a link where the abstract and presentation material can be found: AASHE 2015 CONFERENCE http://www.aashe.org/events/conference/2015-presentation-index 1) Campus-wide plug load inventory and resulting energy reduction programs 2) Navigating the STARS 2.0 Experience: From Data Collection to Strategic Planning 3) Setting Building Energy Use Goals: Tracking Climate Action Plan targets and successes 4) Designing for Scalability: How to take campus solutions to scale for maximum impact around the globe 5) Sustainability Officers Workshop AASHE 2014 CONFERENCE http://conference.aashe.org/2014/ 1) Increasing Momentum for Occupant Engagement through the Cardinal Green Office Program 2) Utilizing Campus Partnerships to Enhance Campaigns 3) Stanford Plug Load Equipment Inventory (poster) 4) Tracking Stanford's Transportation Program Metrics 5) Electrification of Stanford's Bus Fleet (poster) CHESC 2015 CONFERENCE: https://chesc.org/past-conferences/2015-program/ 1) Self-Care and Holistic Health Initiatives for Staff, Faculty, and Yourself 2) Dashboards, Feedback, and Incentives – Data-Driven Sustainability 3) Local Transformers: A Tale of Two Projects and Their Energy Shifts 4) Turning Data into Energy Projects: Innovative Approaches to Gather Actionable Data for Savings 5) Sustainability Officers Workshop 6) Navigating the STARS 2.0 Concurrent Session Group A Experience: From Data Collection to Strategic Planning 7) Campus Workplace Engagement through Green Office and Lab Programs 8) Emergence and Growth in Fuel Cell and Electric Vehicle Programs 9) Indoor Composting in Campus Residence Halls 10) New Research: Improving Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and Pedestrian and Bike Safety 1) Translating the Value of Campus Gardens to Decision Makers CHESC 2014 CONFERENCE: https://chesc.org/past-conferences/2014-program/ 1) Increasing Momentum for Occupant Engagement through the Cardinal Green Office Program 2) Utilizing Campus Partnerships to Enhance Campaigns 3) New Building Post Occupancy Energy Efficiency Modeling 4) Stanford Bus Electrification 5) Tracking Stanford's Transportation Program Metrics 6) Stanford's Whole Building Retrofits Program Stanford also presents and participates in sustainability conferences with a scope beyond higher education. These conferences and presentations are listed below. 2016 Better Buildings Summit http://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/summit 1) Engage Building Occupants: How to Reduce Plug Load Energy Use 2016 Climate Leadership Conference http://www.climateleadershipconference.org/ 1) Achieving Carbon Reduction Targets through Building Design & Retrofits, Alternative Energy & Fuels, and Internal Carbon Pricing 2015 Behavior Energy and Climate Conference (BECC) http://beccconference.org/presentations-and-abstracts/ 1) A Data-Driven Approach to Plug Load Energy Reduction Programs Stanford will also be part of a presentation for the Greenbuild conference in Los Angeles in October 2016 entitled Myth-busting Barriers Associated with Plug Load Controls, alongside representatives from NREL, the Waypoint Building Group, and The Tower Companies.

1) 2016 CHESC Sustainability Champion Award: https://chesc.org/best-practice-awards/sustainability-champion-award/ 2) 2016 EPA Climate Leadership Award (Organizational Leadership Category): https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/climate-leadership-awards 3) 2015 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (Climate Change Category): http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Awards/GEELA/ 4) 2015 AASHE Sustainability Award (Case Study Category): http://www.aashe.org/about/aashe-awards

Fahmida Ahmed, Director of the Office of Sustainability, serves both the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference Steering Committee (https://chesc.org/about/steering-committee/) and the AASHE Board of Directors (http://www.aashe.org/about/governance/board). She is currently serving as chair of the AASHE board for calendar year 2015 and 2016. Rashmi Sahai, Assessments Program Manager in the Office of Sustainability, serves on the AASHE STARS Steering Committee. Moira Hafer, Sustainability Specialist in the Office of Sustainability, serves on the AASHE STARS “Air & Climate” Technical Advisory Committee. More information on the STARS governance committees can be found here: https://stars.aashe.org/pages/about/governance.html.

In 2015, Stanford led a joint effort between Ivy League schools, the University of California campuses, and a handful of other research institutions to provide recommendations on improvement to the STARS Steering Committee as the committee prepared for the release of STARS 2.1. (This occurred prior to Stanford staff serving on STARS committees.) Additionally, Stanford has made a concerted effort to share concepts of the Stanford Energy System Innovation project (http://sustainable.stanford.edu/sesi) with other campuses and local organizations. As of May 2016, over 2,000 people have toured the facility through these docent-led tours, representing the DOE, LBNL, the AASHE Board of Directors, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Merced, MIT, University of Utah, Princeton, the Ivy+ Sustainability Consortium, Oracle, Tesla, Google, and Johnson Controls, among many others. In addition to these on-campus tours, staff in the Department of Sustainability and Energy Management have given many more off-site presentations to governmental organizations, non-profits, and corporations throughout the Bay Area to spread the technology and encourage other entities to explore the potential of heat recovery.