| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 69.05 |
| Liaison | Katherine Spector |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2023 |
State University of New York at Oswego
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.97 / 3.00 |
Jonathan
Mills Administrator Sustainability Office |
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Part 1. Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
1,238
Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1,217
Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
98.30
1st program
Sustainability Ambassadors Program (SAP)
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
The Objective of the Sustainability Ambassador Program (SAP) at SUNY Oswego is to reinforce and broaden sustainable practices within campus buildings and beyond through peer education and collective action. This newly created network of Ambassadors, facilities professionals, faculty, staff, and students, will support one another in assessing, identifying, and troubleshooting issues and celebrating achievements.
Employees in SAP are trained by the Office of Sustainability and Facilities Services staff in monthly meeting on topics relating to sustainability and building operations. Topics include but are not limited to: Waste Diversion & Separation, Energy Consumption, Environmental Health & Safety, Building Maintenance, Transportation, Water Consumption, and Green Purchasing.
Employees in SAP will:
-Champion sustainable behaviors, on-campus activities and events, practices and operations within the assigned and adjacent areas through clear communication, facilitation and education
-Implement energy and water conservation measures
-Support sustainable waste management practices
-Serve as a contact point, as needed, to facilitate productive communication among facilities staff, faculty and students as it pertains to outage notices, work orders and building issues
-Share relevant educational opportunities both within and outside of the institution
-Support staff within the assigned building in the attainment of sustainability certifications
-Actively participate in monthly meetings with Ambassador Staff and Office of Sustainability
-Provide support to EH&S in ensuring campus-wide compliance with federal, state and local environmental, safety and fire regulations
Employees in SAP are trained by the Office of Sustainability and Facilities Services staff in monthly meeting on topics relating to sustainability and building operations. Topics include but are not limited to: Waste Diversion & Separation, Energy Consumption, Environmental Health & Safety, Building Maintenance, Transportation, Water Consumption, and Green Purchasing.
Employees in SAP will:
-Champion sustainable behaviors, on-campus activities and events, practices and operations within the assigned and adjacent areas through clear communication, facilitation and education
-Implement energy and water conservation measures
-Support sustainable waste management practices
-Serve as a contact point, as needed, to facilitate productive communication among facilities staff, faculty and students as it pertains to outage notices, work orders and building issues
-Share relevant educational opportunities both within and outside of the institution
-Support staff within the assigned building in the attainment of sustainability certifications
-Actively participate in monthly meetings with Ambassador Staff and Office of Sustainability
-Provide support to EH&S in ensuring campus-wide compliance with federal, state and local environmental, safety and fire regulations
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The target audience for SAP is all faculty and staff occupying and utilizing any building on campus. Each building, aside from Residence Halls and Dining Facilities, have once Building Coordinator.
Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
29
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
52
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
1
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
1,508
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
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Part 2. Educator hours per employee served by a peer-to-peer program
1,508
Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
1.22
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