Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 56.01
Liaison Suzanne Wood
Submission Date Aug. 16, 2023

STARS v2.2

UMass Chan Medical School
EN-11: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Kortni Wroten
Sustainability and Energy Manager
Facilities
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Is the institution currently a member of a national or international higher education sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the national or international sustainability network(s):
AASHE, USGBC, Partners for World Health, Practice Greenhealth, Climate Collaborative through the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Does the institution actively participate in a regional, state/provincial, or local higher education sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network(s):
MA DOER Leading by Example committee (MA state government agencies), Campus Decarbonization Discussion Group

Has the institution presented at a higher education sustainability conference during the previous year?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the conference(s) and presentation(s):
Suzanne Wood from the Office of Sustainability presented the University's Decarbonization Plan for the SNEAPPA conference, and Kortni Wroten from the Office of Sustainability presented lessons learned from UMass Chan's installation of 78 charging ports on campus to the Leading By Example group organized by the State.

Has the institution submitted a case study during the previous year to an external higher education sustainability resource center or awards program?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the sustainability resource center or awards program and submission(s):
UMass Chan submitted a case study on about its electric vehicles and charging stations to the Recharge America website, and it is featured there.

Has the institution had employees or students serving on a board or committee of a sustainability network or conference during the previous three years?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the board or committee appointment(s):
Suzanne Wood, Program Manager for Sustainability & Campus Services, has been part of the City of Worcester's WorcesterNext planning committee and the transportation and mobility working group.

Does the institution have an ongoing mentoring relationship with another institution through which it assists the institution with its sustainability reporting and/or the development of its sustainability program?:
Yes

A brief description of the mentoring relationship and activities:
UMass Chan Medical School's Office of Sustainability has partnered with Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center in Boston MA to establish quarterly mentorship meetings to learn best practices and garner inspiration from one another in the specialized field of sustainable healthcare. Beth Isreal, while an independent hospital, is also a not-for-profit, 642-bed academic medical center and major teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School. With UMass Chan having an associated teaching hospital, these two institutions share much in common and are mentoring one another through decarbonization, waste management, and engagement initiatives.

Has the institution had employees or students serving as peer reviewers of another institution’s sustainability data and/or STARS submission during the previous three years?:
Yes

A brief description of the peer review activities:
Through the University of Massachusetts Sustainability Council, campuses regularly conduct peer reviews on data reports which are required for annual reporting to the Board of Trustees under the Sustainability Policy - these metrics align with STARS reporting.

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A brief description of other inter-campus collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year :
University of Massachusetts Sustainability Council hosts annual retreats to conduct strategic planning of system wide collaborative efforts.

In addition, UMass Chan's Sustainability and Energy Manager, Kortni Wroten, participated as a judge for Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 15th Annual Sustainability Project Competition. https://wp.wpi.edu/sustainabilitycompetition15/

Website URL where information about the institution’s inter-campus collaborations is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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