Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	68.22
Liaison	Mary Ellen Mallia
Submission Date	Dec. 21, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University at Albany
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	11.29 / 12.00	Mary Ellen Mallia Director of Environmental Sustainability Finance and Business

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Part 1

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):

1,138

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):

206

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :

18.10

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:

66.07

Research Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

Research database 2018 STARS 2.1 (3). xlsx.xlsx

The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

See the above inventory

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

The Office of Sustainability reviewed each faculty web page and CV for research interest and publications and matched them against our university definition of sustainability to determine researchers that we designated as sustainability related or sustainability focused. If research touched upon 2 of the pillars of sustainability, they were considered sustainability related. If it touched upon all three, it was considered sustainability focused. Our sustainability definition is: Sustainability entails recognizing one’s membership in the broader social and ecological community, exhibiting appreciation of and respect for others and the natural world, and acting justly to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of human communities and natural systems. We then aligned the researcher's focus of work with the UN SDG's to assess the scope of work being done in each realm.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://www.albany.edu/gogreen/7.research_projects.shtml

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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