Stanford University
PRE-3: Institutional Boundary

Stanford University is one of the world's leading research universities. Stanford is known for its entrepreneurial character, drawn from the legacy of its founders, Jane and Leland Stanford, and its relationship to Silicon Valley. Research and teaching emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving. Areas of excellence range from the humanities and social sciences to engineering and the physical sciences. Stanford is located in California's Bay Area, one of the most intellectually dynamic and culturally diverse areas of the nation. For more information, please visit: http://facts.stanford.edu/

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne has called for the university to "be inspired by the issues of our time" and "deploy Stanford's tremendous strength and vast intellectual property for the benefit of humanity." To that end, Stanford leadership announced two certain operational sustainability goals in spring 2018, along with other aspects of a new university vision that will help benefit humanity in countless other ways. The two certain operational sustainability goals are to achieve an 80% reduction in emissions from the 2011 baseline by 2025 and Zero Waste by 2030, among other emerging sustainability initiatives for the campus, the region and the world. Other aspects of the university vision can be found here: https://ourvision.stanford.edu/

Stanford owns 8,180 acres of land, most of which is undeveloped. The remaining land comprises Stanford's main campus, which includes approximately 15 million gross square feet of building space. This report covers the areas of Stanford's main campus for which Stanford retains operational control, including all academic buildings (housing Stanford's operational departments and seven schools), Athletics facilities, and Student Housing. Stanford's School of Medicine is included in the boundary, but Stanford Hospitals and Clinics is a separate entity and is not included in this report. Finally, Faculty/Staff Housing is a unique area of Stanford's main campus, where homes are located on Stanford's land but owned by individual residents who are Stanford faculty or staff. This area on the east side of campus is also not included in the STARS boundary since the owners have sole control of those residences (with the exception of the Water and Waste credits as these residents are served by those Stanford utilities). Similarly, spaces leased by Stanford outside of the main campus are not included in the STARS boundary, with the exception of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions credit, in order to report emissions consistently.

The University does not retain operational control over either of the Stanford affiliated hospitals.