Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 75.15
Liaison Hannah Rushing
Submission Date March 5, 2021
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STARS v2.1

Sterling College (VT)
OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Adrian Owens
Faculty
Applied Sciences
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Part 1 

Does the institution have policies and/or guidelines in place to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources on campus?:
Yes

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A brief description of the policies and/or guidelines to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources:
The Sterling College campus is compliant with Vermont's law S.150 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws related to motor vehicles, a bill passed by the legislature, which includes the provision: prohibited idling of motor vehicles. The law became effective May 5, 2014; it limits the idling of all motor vehicles while parked to five minutes in any 60 minute period, with exceptions.

Part 2 

Has the institution completed an inventory of significant air emissions from stationary campus sources or else verified that no such emissions are produced?:
No

Weight of the following categories of air emissions from stationary sources::
Weight of Emissions
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Sulfur oxides (SOx) ---
Carbon monoxide (CO) ---
Particulate matter (PM) ---
Ozone (O3) ---
Lead (Pb) ---
Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) ---
Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) ---
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations ---

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A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
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Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Vermont's state law against idling motor vehicles can be found: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/Acts/ACT057.pdf

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